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SPIRIT QF JAPAN 



WITH SELECTED POEMS 
AND ADDRESSES 



OF 



ERNEST ADOLPHUS STURGE, M. D.. PH. D. 

Missionary of the Presbyterian Board to the 
Japanese in California 

With Introduction by 

REV. HENRY COLLIN MINTON, D. D., LL.D. 

ex-Moderator of General Assembly of 
Presbyterian Church, U. S. A. 



Edited by THK COMMITTEE) 

under the auspices of Members of the 

PRESBYTERIAN JAPANESE MISSIONS ON THE COAST 

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BY J. K. INAZAWA 
In the office of the Librarian of Congress at Washington. 



TABLE OF CONTENTS> 

Introduction, by Rev. H. C. Minton, D.D. ; L.L.D 9 

Preface, by Mr. K. Tosawa, L.L.B 13 

Brief Sketch of the Life of Ernest A. Sturge, Ph.D.; M. D. . 15 



PART L 

SELECTED POEMS. 

The Author's Prayer 23 

One String and Paganini 24 

Doubt and Faith 25 

Copying the Master 26 

Care 28 

The Peace of Christ 29 

Hope 30 

Love 30 

The Divine Weaver 31 

Peace 31 

Love Abides 32 

The Language of Love $s 

The Bible 34 

The Gospel Mine 35 

To Rev. M. C Harris, D.D ' 36 

Better Than Gold 37 

Golden Words 38 

Bellicose Bells in England 39 

Our Shield 40 

The Great Physician 41 

Jesus Saw the Signal 42 

Intolerance 44 

Thoughts for the New Year 45 

A Clean Record 46 

The Hidden Future 46 



4 THE SPIRIT OF JAPAN. 

PART IL 

THE SPIRIT OF JAPAN. 

The Spirit of Yamato 49 

The Creation of Japan 50 

Match-Making 5i 

The Birth of the Gods 52 

The Pouting Sun-Goddess 54 

An Afternoon Tea for Men 55 

The Thunder God 56 

Masamune's Swords 56 

The Samurai's Children S8 

The Wind God 60 

A Japanese Nobleman's Dream 60 

Susano Kills the Dragon 62 

Japanese Dreams of the Home Land 63 

The Emperor's Three Treasures 64 

Japanese Art 65 

The Emperor's Birthday 66 

Earthquakes 67 

Nature Worship 67 

Japanese Wall Decorations 68 

The Seventh Night 69 

JAPANESE FAVORITE FLOWERS, TREES AND BIRDS 

The Plum 70 

The Lotus 7i 

Morning-Glories 72 

The Chrysanthemum IZ 

The Cherry 74 

The Bamboo 75 

The Pine 76 

The Nightingale 17 

The Lark 78 

The Swallow 79 

The Hototogisu 80 

The Crane 81 

The Pomegranate 82 

The Willow 83 

Our Attitude 83 

Reverence for Age 84 



CONTENTS AND ILIvUSTRATlONS. 5 

PART IIL 

SONGS OF THE SUNRISE KINGDOM. 

Urashima o 

The Prize Poem gj 

The Farmer and the Looking Glass q2 

Daruma 

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Quid Pro Quo g- 

Araki, the Fencer ^ 

The Three Travelers og 

Ikkyu, the Buddhist Sage ' jg^ 

.A Japanese Belle Tn^ 

Adventures of Hayakawa jge 

Kano, the Lightning Artist jgg 

The Magic Fans t*^ 

bayonara ^ ^^ 

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PART IV. 

ADDRESSES, LETTERS, ETC 

Nature's Teaching About God u^ 

Conclusion, by Rev. Joseph K. Inazawa 126 

An Appreciation, by Hon. K. Uyeno 129 

His Imperial Japanese Majesty's Consul, San Fran- 
cisco, Cal. 

A Tribute to Dr. Sturge, by Rev. M. C. Harris, D.D 131 

Superintendent of Japanese Methodist Mission on 
Pacific Coast. 

A Letter. From Rev. A. J. Brown, D.D 133 

Secretary of Presbyterian F. M. B., New York. 

A Plea. To Dr. and Mrs. Sturge 13c 

In tlie name of the Japanese, by Mrs.' M "c. Harris! 

A Colleague's Appreciation, by Rev. I. M. Condit, DD 136 

Missionary of the Presbyterian Board to the Chinese 

in California. 

Personal Estimate of the Author, by Rev. F. Matsunaga i.g 

Pastor, Nihonbashi Church, Tokio, Japan. 



the: spirit of japan. 



ILLUSTRATIONS, PORTRAITS, Etc. 

Dr. E. A. Sturge Frontispiece 

Mrs. E. A. Sturge Page 12 '' 

Mrs. C. H. Sturge and Mr. Adolphus Sturge " 14 

Home of Doctor's Childhood, Medical Department of Uni- 
versity of Pennsylvania, Missionary Cottage, Siam.. . " 16 

Group of Japanese Mission Homes in California " 18"^ 

The Spirit of Yamato (in colors) " 48 ^ 

The Birth of the Gods " 50 / 

The Pouting Sun Goddess (in colors) " 54 , 

The Thunder God " 56 y 

Masamune's Swords " 58 ' 

The Wind God " 60 

Susano Kills the Dragon " 62 , 

The Emperor's Three' Treasures " 64 

The Emperor's Birthday (in colors) " 66 

Earthquakes " 68 

Japanese Wall Decorations " 70/ 

The Seventh Night " 72 / 

Reverence for Age " 84 

Urashima '' 86 

Daruma " 92 

Araki, the Fencer " 94 

Tkkyu, the Buddhist Sage " 102 

A Japanese Belle " 104 . 

Kano, the Lightning Artist " 106 ' 

Sayonara " 112 

Dr. and Mrs. Sturge and Other Japanese Missionaries. .. " 114 

Dr. and Mrs. Sturge, with Assistant Workers " 124 

Group Portrait of Prominent Japanese Mission Workers. " 128 

Group Portrait of Zealous Workers " 130 

Japanese Mission Homes in California " 138 



this little volume is dedicated to 
Mrs. C. H. STURGE, 

the beloved mother of our dear doctor, 

BY 

Admiring Friends. 



PRESS OF 

H. S. Crocker Company 

San Francisco Cal 



INTRODUCTION 



HE desire for some permanent token of recognition 
_l_ on the occasion of the fifteenth anniversary of the 
work of Doctor and Mrs. Sturge is characteristic- 
ally Japanese in this, that it is both grateful and very 
graceful. And, at the same time, it is both appropriate 
and worthily directed. Doctor and Mrs. Sturge have the 
affectionate esteem of all who know them, both for their 
worth's sake and for their works.' There is no more in- 
teresting missionary work on this continent than that 
which has been quietly but efficiently carried on all these 
years among the Japanese community in San Francisco. 
The conditions are unique. It is work at home in the 
interest of a foreign people. No country made history 
more rapidly during the last third of the nineteenth cen- 
tury than did the Sunrise Kingdom. The hour struck 
for the Nippon of the past and the new Japan came forth 
almost in a day. The fear has not been that it should 
not move fast enough but that it should move too fast. 

The Japanese are to the Chinese in Asia largely what 
the French are to the English in Europe. There are 
elements of strength and stability in the conservative 
Chinese character which one will look for in vain in 



10 THE) SPIRIT OF JAPAN. 

Japan. And this mercurial trait of the Japanese char- 
acter has not failed to reflect itself in the annals of modern 
missionary work in Japan. It has been a series of ad- 
vances and repulses, of actions and reactions. Fifteen 
years ago Japan was one of the most encouragingly re- 
sponsive countries open to the choice of the Christian 
missionary; a half dozen years ago it was in the trough 
of the sea, and Japan, with its intellectual hauteur and 
reactionary anti-supernaturalism, was forbidding and al- 
most hostile to evangelical effort ; while at the present 
moment, after the far-sweeping and wonderful Pentecost- 
like evangelical revival which in that country signalized 
the ushering in of the new century, it is the richest and 
most fruitful soil in all the east, if not in all the world. 

These successions of ebb and flow have swept eastward 
across the broad Pacific and have not been unfelt in mis- 
sionary work among the Japanese at the Golden Gate. 
But through them all this work in San Francisco, under 
the consecrated leadership of Doctor and Mrs. Sturge, has 
held right on to its course. 

It has sent to the theological seminary across the bay 
a number of its most eager and devoted students, and 
these are to-day doing noble work for Christ in the work 
of the ministry of the Gospel. In the class of 1891 were 
Messrs. Hattori and Mitani, the former now at work in 
his native land and the latter among his countrymen in 
the Hawaiian Islands; in 1894, Mr. Inazawa, the author 
of this book and the diligent and earnest missionary to 



INTRODUCTION. 1 1 

his countrymen in the south-bay counties of Cahfornia, 
and Mr. Okuno, son of the pioneer Moody of early Japan- 
ese missions and himself a Christian gentleman of fine 
spiritual attainments, who came to an early death soon 
after his graduation; in 1895, Dr. Hoshino, who, after 
leaving the seminary, completed a course at the Cooper 
Medical Institute in San Francisco, and is now exerting 
a strong Christian influence in the city of Yokohama ; and 
in 1901, Mr. Sakabe, who is doing a very useful work in 
charge of an adjunct mission in San Francises). Cer- 
tainly these are enough to show that, in connection with 
many other sides of his work. Dr. Sturge has been con- 
ducting a sort of preparatory school from which have 
come out a goodly number of ministers of the Gospel who 
are destined to multiply his godly influence on two con- 
tinents for the years that are to come. 

No one can have visited Japan, with its lovely land- 
scapes and dainty cherry blossoms and magnificent Budd- 
hist temples and sequestered Shinto shrines, without 
ever afterwards having the deepest interest in the future 
of that almost fairyland of the east ; and no one can have 
come into close contact, as the writer of this has done, 
with the Japanese character, with its picturesque naivite 
and ceremonial politeness and charming gentleness of 
manners, without having that interest greatly deepened 
and enhanced. Dr. Sturge's work only needs to be bet- 
ter known to the Christian people of our own churches 
in order that it may be more highly appreciated by them. 



12 THE SPIRIT OF JAPAN. 

His work is not so much for to-day as for to-morrow; 
not so much directly for the few thousand Japanese peo- 
ple in California now as indirectly for the millions of 
Japanese in their native land. 

I trust that this anniversary may be to Doctor and Mrs. 
Sturge the occasion not only for the expressioh of the 
grateful appreciation of the Japanese Christians in Cali- 
fornia ; not only for a renewed interest in their work on 
the part of their many friends in the churches of Cali- 
fornia, but also, by the favor of God, for a fresh develop- 
ment of faith and effort and fruitfulness in the singularly 
interesting work to which, in the providence of God, they 
have been called and in which they have been so gra- 
ciously blessed. 

Henry Collin Minton. 

San Anselmo, September i, 1^02. 




MRS. E. A. STURGE. 



PREFACE 



1HIS book of verses is brought to the pubhc atten- 
tion through the efforts of the young men of the 
Japanese Y. M. C. A., who desire in some way to 
express their appreciation and gratitude for the years of 
untiring fidehty to the cause of that institution, upon the 
part of Dr. Sturge. 

For fifteen years Dr. Sturge has superintended the 
work of the Japanese Y. M. C. A. of San Francisco. 
By his indefatigable zeal and painstaking kindness he has 
won the respect and affection of all those who have come 
under his tutelage, and these, in recognition of the years 
of earnest toil for the education and advancement of the 
Japanese in San Francisco, have resolved to surprise their 
benefactor by the publication of these verses written by 
him for his own entertainment and with no thought of 
ever seeing them in print. 

As a patriotic and warm-hearted people, we desire in 
this public manner to express our gratitude for the con- 
tinued and untiring efforts of Dr. and Mrs. Sturge, 
and I am confident that not only the Japanese of Califor- 
nia, but also those at home will ever remember Dr. and 
Mrs. Sturge for their kindness to us. 



14 THE SPIRIT OF JAPAN. 

These poems reveal a wonderful insight upon the part 
of the writer into the character and spirit of the Japanese 
people. 

Rhythm and rhyme alone do not constitute poetry, but 
the true poet must have a profound knowledge of that 
concerning which he writes, and a deep insight into the 
innermost spirit of what he undertakes to depict. The 
poet is born, not made. The impulse must come from 
within, not from without, just as the author himself 
says : 

" * * * * * The spirit hidden in the breast 
Is painted, not externals, and perhaps this way is best." 

— Japanese Art. 

These poetic qualities are amply evidenced in the writ- 
ings of Dr. Sturge. He has shown an unusual knowl- 
edge of the life and character of the Japanese and a won- 
derful insight into the dominating spirit of the people of 
" Old Japan." 

Few Americans have so fully understood and ex- 
pressed the traits and influences of Japanese life. This 
writer was indeed inspired in the writing of these verses, 
and they are to a remarkable extent a revelation of the 
spirit of '' Old Japan." 

K. TOSAWA. 

San Francisco, September 7, ipo2. 




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SKETCH 

A Briei^ Sketch of the Life of Ernest A. Sturge. 

l^l'^J^ST ADOLPHUS STURGE was born of 
English parents, in Cleveland, Ohio, U. S. A., 
April 29, 1856. 

The name Ernest, given to him in infancy, pretty well 
describes his nature. 

He was always serious, less fond of play than most 
boys, gentle and obedient, and one who gave his parents 
comparatively little trouble or anxiety. From both 
mother and father he inherited a robust constitution, and 
from the latter, who was a natural artist and poet, a 
strong love for the beautiful, both in nature and art. 

When eleven 3-ears of age, the family moved to Bridge- 
ton, New Jersey, and in that quiet town of ten thousand 
inhabitants the subject of this sketch grew up to man- 
hood, receiving his education in the public and private 
schools. 

The parents, though not rich, wxre in comfortable cir- 
cumstances. It was not from necessity, therefore, but 
from personal inclination, that Ernest, at the age of fif- 
teen, secured a contract from the United States Govern- 
ment to carry the mail for one year between the post- 



1 6 THE SPIRIT OF JAPAN. 

office and the railroad station. He went before the 
county clerk and took an oath to perform this duty faith- 
fully, and he did, never failing to be on time. 

At the end of the year, he found that he had saved sev- 
eral hundred dollars, and knowing of no better way of 
spending it, he decided to make a voyage across the At- 
lantic, and visit his English relatives. 

This was a rather formidable undertaking for a lad of 
sixteen, but the journey was made without mishap, and 
certainly with great benefit, as it awakened a strong de- 
sire for study and more extended travel. 

Though from childhood possessed of a strong religious 
nature, it was not until his return from England that he 
made a public profession of his faith, and united with the 
First Presbyterian Church of Bridgeton. 

It was about this time that he began to think seriously 
of becoming a medical missionary. In order to fit him- 
self for this work, he spent three years in the study of 
Latin, Greek and higher mathematics, then entered the 
medical department of the University of Pennsylvania, 
from which he was graduated with honorable mention in 
1880. 

His vacations were spent in the study of science, so 
that he was enabled to pass successfully the examination 
for the degree of PH. D. at the same institution in the 
summer of the same year. 

Having been accepted as a medical missionary by the 
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the choice of the field to the Board, he was appointed to 
go to Petchaburi, Siam. He sailed in August, 1880, go- 
ing to Asia by way of Europe and again spending a short 
time with the English relatives. 

While a medical student in Philadelphia, he met the 
lady who was to become the sharer of his joys and sor- 
rows, both abroad and in the home-land. Knowing the 
climate of Siam to be unhealthful, the young physician 
thought it advisable to go out alone, with the understand- 
ing that if climatic and other conditions should not prove 
too unfavorable, his intended was to follow him. This 
she did a year later, crossing the Pacific and being met 
by Dr. Sturge at Hongkong. 

They proceeded at once to Canton, China, where the 
two were made one by Rev. B. C. Henry, D. D., a mis- 
sionary of the Presbyterian Board, August 2'], 1881. The 
home established by this union has been for more than 
twenty-two years a very happy one ; and we trust has had 
its influence for good as an object-lesson to the Siamese, 
who have no word in their language for home and who 
sometimes asked in surprise if the doctor and his wife 
never swore at one another. 

From the beginning there was plenty of work for the 
physician. With the assistance of an English uncle, he 
was enabled to build a small hospital, the first in Siam, 
without any help from the Mission Board. Some years 
Dr. Sturge treated as many as five thousand patients. 
Quite a number found in the hospital the Great Physi- 
cian, and united with the little company of believers. 



l8 THK SPIRIT OF JAPAN. 

Som'e of those who found Christ in this way are still 
living, while others have gone to join the larger company 
of believers above. 

One who came a long distance for physical healing 
became an earnest preacher of the Gospel to his people, 
and proved faithful unto the end, dying as a Christian 
martyr. 

During these years Mrs. Sturge had charge of the 
Petchaburi Boys' School. 

The doctor and his wife passed through two fearful 
epidemics of cholera, and these were indeed busy and 
anxious times. Both were attacked by the dread dis- 
ease, but the husband's case was more critical. His life 
for a time seemed to be hanging by a single thread. Not- 
withstanding frequent illnesses, due to malaria and other 
tropical disorders, the five years they spent in Siam were 
happy and useful ones. At the end of that time, broken 
health compelled a return to the United States. 

Many natives gathered on the bank to wave a sad good- 
bye, as the house-boat, bearing the medical missionary 
and his wife floated down the river, on the way to Bang- 
kok, where they took a steamer for the homeland. 

In the spring of the following year (1886), while rest- 
ing in San Francisco, expecting soon to return to Siam 
or to some other field in Asia, this missionary couple be- 
came greatly interested in some Japanese who had formed 
an independent society for the study of the Bible, and for 
mutual improvement, meeting in an upper room on Golden 
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At the request of the missionaries laboring among the 
Chinese in CaHfornia, Dr. and Mrs. Sturge were ap- 
pointed by the Board to continue in San Francisco, and 
build up a Presbyterian Japanese Mission. No urging 
was necessary, as the hearts of the doctor and his wife 
were at once drawn to these earnest and intelligent young 
men. Both cheerfully taught classes of Japanese stu- 
dents who were anxious to learn the English language. 

In the early days there was no native evangelist to 
assist in the work and Dr. Sturge conducted most of 
the religious services on Sunday and Wednesday even- 
ings, while his wife presided at the organ. 

The Japanese Young Men's Christian Association 
was organized and soon the association was moved to a 
larger and better building on Mission Street. This also 
became too small for the growing society and the ad- 
joining house was rented. 

After three years thus spent, the doctor, believing that 
his vocation was medical work rather than teaching, the 
Japanese Mission was placed in the competent hands of 
Rev. A. Hattori, a Japanese minister, who had taken a 
post graduate course in one of our eastern theological 
seminaries ; and Dr. and Mrs. Sturge being now relieved, 
spent a year in Germany, and another in visiting various 
parts of the United States ; when again, at the urgent re- 
quest of the Board, they resumed charge of the Japanese 
Mission on the Pacific Coast. 

Dr. Sturge being now assured that he was called to 
this work, threw his whole heart into it. The old theo- 



20 THE SPIRIT OF JAPAN. 

logical seminary on Haight Street was purchased for 
the headquarters of the Japanese work, and a branch mis- 
sion home was opened in another portion of the city. 
Through the generosity of the Assembly's Board three 
other flourishing mission stations have been founded, 
one being at Los Angeles, one at Salinas and the other 
at Watsonville. 

During all these years Dr. Sturge has been ably as- 
sisted by the Japanese and any success that he has met 
with is due largely to this fact. About three hundred 
young men have united with the mission church since Dr. 
Sturge took charge. Most of these are now in Japan, 
helping by their words and lives to witness for their 
Master. 

Dr. and Mrs. Sturge, after a score of years of mission 
work, are only in middle life. How many years are left 
to them they know not, but they ask for nothing better 
than to be permitted to spend them all in the service of 
the Master and in assisting the Japanese whom they 
dearlv love. 



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PART FIRST 



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22 THK SPIRIT 01^ JAPAN. 



CONTENTS OF PART FIRST. 

SELECTED POEMS. 

The Author's Prayer ^3 

One String and Paganini 24 

Doubt and Faith 25 

Copying the Master ^^ 

Care 28 

The Peace of Christ 29 

Hope 30 

Love 30 

Peace 3i 

The Divine Weaver 31 

Love Abides 32 

The Language of Love 3Z 

The Bible 34 

The Gospel ]\Iine 35 

To Rev. M. C. Harris, D.D 36 

Better Than Gold 27 

Golden Words 38 

Bellicose Bells in England 39 

Our Shield • . • • • 40 

The Great Physician 4^ 

Jesus Saw the Signal 42 

Intolerance 44 

Thoughts for the New Year 45 

A Clean Record 46 

The Hidden Future 46 



PART FIRST 



SELECTED POEMS 

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THE AUTHOR'S PRAYER. 

My life, dear Lord, like harp unstrung, 

Has only rung 
With discord drear, or else stood mute, 

Like rifted flute. 

God, I am not satisfied 

To thus abide. 

1 would be useful, if I knew 

What I should do. 

This harp I bring to Thee, my King; 

Tune Thou each string. 
I'm waiting, Master, at Thy feet ; 

Make me complete. 

Dear Master, bring out every tone, 

Fm Thine alone; 
Oh, let me sing at Thy command, 

Touched bv Thy hand! 



24 THK SPIRIT OF JAPAN. 



ONE STRING AND PAGANINI. 

"One string and Paganini !" 

The master cried, and drew 
His bow o'er one remaining string, — 

The rest had snapped in two. — 
The vioHn seemed crippled, 

And quite unfit to play ; 
But one string in the master's hands 

Made melody that day. 



If we our single talent 

Resign into the hands 
Of our great Master, who has made, 

And fully understands. 
Each one of us, His instruments. 

His power through us will flow, 
As Paganini skill, that day. 

Transmitted through his bow. 



se:i.i:cte;d poems. 25 

DOUBT AND FAITH. 

Doubt seems a bird without a wing; 
It cannot fly, it cannot sing ; 
It never did a useful thing 
To tell about. 

Faith spread the wings that crossed the sea, 
To find this land for you and me ; 
And Faith did everything that we 
Feel proud about. 

Doubt tunnels into some great height, 
And dwells in gloom O'f endless night, 
Not digging through to find the light 
It doubts about. 

Faith, piercing Alps, comes out again 
Where flowers deck Italia's plain. 
And sends to heaven its glad refrain, 
With mighty shout. 

Doubt tears the chart, cuts down the mast, 
And breaking compass, leaves at last 
Our helpless boat on ocean vast, 
To float about. 

But Faith has done such mighty things. 
No wonder the apostle sings 
In praises of the faith that brings 
Such things about. 



26 the: spirit 01^ JAPAN. 

COPYING THE MASTER. 

To study Munich's works of art. 
And find the secrets hidden there, 

The students come from every part 
To copy paintings old and rare. 

Long since, the masters passed away, 
And yet they speak in colors bright, 

As speaks the sun at close of day. 
In lovely lines of living light. 

Among the students, side by side 

Wrought two, who reproduced with care 

A picture of the crucified 

Redeemer, that was hanging there. 

In contemplation they remained 

Some time, and then produced again 

The curves and colors that had gained 
The admiration of all men. 

Each day the pictures grew to be 
More- like the one upon the wall, — 

The blessed Christ upon the tree, 
Who gave Himself to save us all. 

Some days they little progress made; 

Indeed, it seemed the other way; 
Unsatisfied with shape or shade, 

They scraped their form.er work away. 

A little color here and there 

Was added, and perhaps a line 

Was drawn again with greater care; 

And so they wrought from time to time. 



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There came a day when both were done; 

They looked upon their work with pride; 
But, glancing from their own to one 

Above, they were not satisfied. 

'Tis thus each one should copy Him 
Who came from heaven to be our guide, 

Who died to save us from our sin; 
And yet, who can be satisfied? 

But if we do the best we can. 

Will not the Master say, " Well done ! " 

And make complete what we began, 
When our brief day on earth is done? 

Though we should copy every day, 

In order that we may succeed, 
And follow Him, who is the way. 

We each an inward fitness need. 

No artist ever yet became. 

By copying another's art, 
Renowned in song, or known to fame ; 

True works of art spring from the heart. 

The artist must be born, not made; 

His own exertions will not make 
A genius. Is art a trade 

That any one can undertake ? 

So, likewise, those who wish to form 

The image O'f the One they love 
Upon life's canvas, must be born 

A second time, from heaven above. 



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CARE. 

'Tis Care drives the plow- 
That furrows the brow. 
The silvery hair 
Is frosted by Care. 

I know where Care stays 
By the tracks which he lays; 
By tear-bedimmed eyes 
And sorrowful sighs. 

Corroding Care is everywhere — 
In mansion grand and attic bare, 
On every hand lurks hateful Care. 

Would you know how 
To stop the plow 

That furrows the brow ? 

Would you know where 
To lose the care 

That whitens the hair? 

" Come, laden one," we hear Christ say, 
*' Here at My feet your burden lay ; 
ril help you bear it day by day." 



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THE PEACE OF CHRIST. 



What peace had Christ, the crucified? 
He said, " My peace I give," and then 
Went out to bear from cruel men 
The scourge, the buffeting, the cross. 
To bear the world's great load of sin; 
Had Jesus peace? Yes, peace within. 

This peace had Christ, the crucified ; 
A peace that gave Him power to bear 
The dreadful cross, and all the woes 
Inflicted by His cruel foes, 
Without a murmur; while His prayer 
Was made for those who placed Him there. 

This peace gives Christ, the crucified, 

A peace that, while we follov/ Him 

And suffer, we may feel within 

A calmness that the world knows not. 

He may not give an easy lot. 

But peace within, sweet peace within. 



30 the: spirit or JAPAN. . 

LOVE. 

■Tis love hath power to change a humble home 

Into a very paradise of bliss ; 

But if 'tis absent, even palaces 

Are cold and cheerless. Yes, 'tis love alone 

Can make a heaven in the next world or this. 

It will not be the pearly gates above, 
Nor glassy sea, nor streets of purest gold, 
Nor all the glories such as we are told 
In Revelation make up heaven ; but love, — 
The love of God and man together rolled. 

•^ -S? ■?! 

HOPE. 



Hope is full of cheer, 
Hovering on sunny wings. 
Whispering of better things, 

Into every ear; 
Helping weary ones to bear 
Poverty and pain and care; 

Hope is ever here. 



SEI.KCTED POKMS. 31 

PEACE. 

Peace is a lovely angel with white wings; 

Beatitude is beaming in her face. 

The rarest, sweetest blossoms fill her hands ; 

Such only bloom in that most favored place 

Where sweet Contentment at her labor sings. 

Where'er the dark and angry clouds of war 

Do hang with sullen, threatening aspect o'er 

Our little world, this angel flies and fans 

With her untiring, swiftly-moving wings 

The gathering gloom, and drives each cloud that lowers 

Away ; then scatters o'er the land her flowers. 

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THE DIVINE WEAVER. 

The threads of life are gathered up 

Into Thy hand divine; 
And as the shuttle of the years 
Flies swiftly, and to us appears 

A glimpse of Thy design. 
We see in part — for Thou alone. 
Beholding from Omniscient Throne 

Canst see the finished web — 
But from the glimpse we have, we know 
The pattern will in beauty grow 

Until before us spread 
Will be the whole, and not a span, 
The work begun when time began, 

Complete in every thread. 



32 THE SPIRIT OF JAPAN, 



LOVE ABIDES. 

Love is ever young and strong; 

Passion will grow cold in time ; 
Love, if true, will last as long 

As the heavens ; it is divine. 

Admiration takes its flight, 

When the natural beauty wanes ; 

Love depends not on the sight; 
'Tis immortal and remains. 

Love will cease not with the breath ; 

Freed from passion, purified. 
Stronger far than life or death. 

Love forever will abide. 

Earthly passions turn to dross, 
And so perish ; love, like gold 

Purified, sustains no loss ; 

Love, if true, can ne'er grow cold. 



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THE LANGUAGE OF LOVE. 

Why should we speak 

In Latin or Greek, 
Dead as a nail, 

And stiff as a rail? 
Far above these 

A language of ease 
Speaks with the eye, 

Sometimes in a sigh 
Or grasp of the hand. 

Which all understand. 
These make no slips 

Like stammering lips. 
Speech born of love — 

All others above — 
Learned not at school, 

Nor governed by rule, 
Comes, without art. 

Right out of the heart. 



34 THE SPIRIT OF JAPAN. 



THE BIBLE. 

The Bible is a mirror, where we see 
Ourselves, imperfect, soiled, and clothed in rags ; 
But standing near to us, with outstretched hands. 
We see the Christ, who beckons us to Him 
For cleansing, dress and everything we need. 

Approach this mirror with an open face; 

Throw off the veil of prejudice, and take 

One look at self — one look will be enough — 

Then look on the reflected image there, 

Not thine, but God's revealed in Christ our Lord. 

With bended knee, gaze on that lovely face 

Until His likeness forms within thy soul, 

And self will be transformed, not lost, but raised 

From glory unto glory, till you bear 

Li your own features, God's, your Maker's, grace. 

From glory unto glory, till at last, 
The one you dimly saw reflected there. 
You shall in perfect beauty clearly see. 
Then face to face. The glass may pass away ; 
You'll need it not in heaven's brighter day. 



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THE GOSPEL MINE. 



On old Pacific's wave-washed shore 
There is a .Golden Gate ; 

Through this, for thirt}' years or more- 
Borne by the stream of fate — 

The Japanese have found their way 

To western lands ; a while to stay 
Within the Golden State. 

A few who came with hopes and fears 

Found here a richer mine 
Than any found by pioneers 

Who came in 'forty-nine. 
This precious treasure still remains, 
And all who will may take up claims 

To riches for all time. 

And rich, indeed, is he vvho finds, 

Here, in the Golden State, 
The treasures of the Gospel Mines, 

Where riches still await 
The earnest seekers, young and old, 
Who enter through the gate of gold, 

Borne by the stream of fate. 



2,6 the: spirit of japan. 



TO REV. M. C. HARRIS, D. D. 

Upon the completion of fifteen years of labor for the Japanese 
on the Pacific Coast. 

Dear doctor, since you first came here. 
The flying shuttle of the year 

Has sped some fifteen times ; 
And every year the pattern grew 
In loveliness, as, added new. 

Were other g-raceful lines. 



Thank God, the thread of life holds strong ! 
And may the time be very long 

Before the set of sun; 
When every thread shall be complete, 
The web sDread at the Master's feet. 

You hear the sweet, '* Well done !'' 



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BETTER THAN GOLD. 

Better the word of the Lord than much gold ; 
Better than anything e'er bought or sold ; 
Better than treasures, which men cannot hold; 
Better than gold, yes, better than gold. 

Better the story its pages unfold; 
Better than anything else ever told ; 
Better the treasures it holds, new and old; 
Better than gold, yes, better than gold. 

Better than money-bags soon to grow old; 
Better than anything destined to mold; 
Better than stories which pall when once told; 
Better than gold, yes, better than gold. 



38 THE SPIRIT OF JAPAN. 



GOLDEN WORDS. 

Words, when fitly spoken, 

Are like to fruit of gold, 
And fairer than the apple 

Which jealous Eris rolled 
Among the guests assembled 

Upon the wedding day 
Of Peleus and Thetis, 

Which caused an awful fray. 
Words, when fitly spoken, 

Will heal a breaking heart; 
Loving words, like ointment. 

Will take away the smart. 
Gold oft causes discord,- 

Like Eris' golden ball; 
Golden words are better, 

And in the reach of all. 



SKLKCTED POEMS. 39 



BELLICOSE BELLS IN ENGLAND. 



From yonder graceful steeple high, 
That points straight upward to the sky. 
Eight bells call out to passers by: 
" This is the true and only church- 
All others leave you in the lurch — 
The mother church, the church of Rome, 
Come home ! Come home ! Come home ! Come home V 

A little church with steeple slight, 
And one coarse bell, quite impolite. 
Most brazenly made this reply : 
'"T'sa lie! 'T'sa lie! 'T'sa lie! 'T'sa lie!" 

Another church with steeple grand, 

A temple aided by the land. 

Called out, ''O people, understand, 

This is God's church! Oh, cease your strife! 

The place, of all, to God most dear ; 

We teach the way, the truth, the life. 

Come here ! Come here ! Come here ! Come here !" 

Again, I heard same bell dissent; 

A little bell on discord bent, 

In angry tones make this reply: 

" 'T'sa lie! 'T'sa lie! 'T'sa lie! 'T'sa lie!'' 



40 THE SPIRIT OF JAPAN. 

OUR SHIELD. 

YouVe read the story of Elaine, the fair, 

Elaine, the lily maid of Astolat, 
Who guarded in her tower, with jealous care, 

The scarred and blazoned shield of Lancelot ; 
And how she made for it a cover rare, 

To shield the shield from any rust or spot. 

You've read how she would daily climb the tower. 
Strip off the case, and read the naked shield, 

And gaze on its depressions by the hour. 

And guess the meaning which each dent revealed: 

" This but a scratch, while that one shows the power, 
Such as a mig'hty arm alone could wield." 

" This made at Camelot, and that elsewhere ;" 

''This scar," she thought,"was new and that one old ; 

And ah, God's mercy! what a stroke was there! 
And this blow would have killed, had not God rolled 

The great foe down, and saved the brave knight there." 
And " so she lived in fantasy " we're told. 

'Tis well, at times, to bar the chamber door. 
And thus, in secret, gaze upon our shield ; 

Far richer and more precious in its lore 

Than that which earthly armor e'er revealed. 

The Saviour is the Shield, Who for us bore 
The fiercest onslaught that our foe could wield. 



SELECTED POEMS. 41 



See ! on the brow are scars which show the place 
Where cruel thorns were pressed, and on the back 

Are marks made by the lash, and on the face 
Are signs of smiting ; and behold the track 

Of nails in feet and hands which richest grace 
Dispensed, supplying many people's lack. 

And there, behold that scar upon the breast! 

Which marks the place the soldier's spear went in; 
Had not our Shield received this and the rest, 

And broken there our foe's strong lance of sin, 
We would have died, instead of being blest 

To share forever heaven's joys with Him. 



■© ■«5 * 

THE GREAT PHYSICIAN. 

The Great Physician's sympathizing heart 
Is moved to pity by the cruel smart 
That any of His loved ones have to bear ; 
He mixes for each one the cup with care, 
And puts in not one bitter drop too much ; 
He stills life's fever with His soothing touch; 
Each untoward symptom, by His wise control 
Is mastered, till the loved ones are made whole. 



42 the: spirit o^ japan. 



JESUS SAW THE SIGNAL. 



In a ward lay little Bobbie ; 

Both his legs were crushed and torn 
By a truck; and close beside him 

Sat a comrade, Billy Dorn. 

'* Bobbie," said his young companion, 

Bending o'er the iron cot, 
" Have you ever heard of Jesus?" 

" No," said Bobbie, " I have not." 

''Well, a teacher at the Mission 
Told us, v/hen a feller dies. 

If we axed Him, He would take us 
To His home up in the skies." 

'" There is never cold nor hunger. 
Pain, nor cause for any tear." 

" What a jolly place !" said Bobbie, 
'' Not for like of us, I fear." 

" Teacher said," continued Billy, 

'' Jesus never turns away 
Any feller 'cause he's ragged. 

And has not a cent to pay." 



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" Wish I knew where I could find him ; 

But it is no use to know; 
If I knew/' sighed weary Bobbie, 

'* Without lesrs how could I eo ?" 



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" Teacher said that Jesus passes 
By, and you can speak to Him." 

'' Oh, that I might see Him, Billy, 
But the lig'hts are growing dim !" 

" Raise your hand, and He will see you." 
Languidly poor Bobbie tried : 

But it fell because of weakness, 
In a moment, at his side. 

'' I'm too weak," sighed weary Bobbie. 

" I will help you," Billy said ; 
And all night he propped the little 

Arm upon the iron bed. 

Jesus passed. He saw the signal ; 

Took poor Bobbie to that home 
Where there is no cold nor hunger, 

Whence the inmates never roam. 



44 THE SPIRIT OF JAPAN. 



INTOLERANCE. 

Some call a man intolerant 

Because he tries to fight 
The gambling-hells and grog-shops, 

And sin with all his might ; 
Because he hates corruption, 

And everything untrue; 
If this is called intolerant, 

I would be called so, too. 

Some call a man intolerant 

Because he does his best 
To put a stop to traffic 

Upon the day of rest; 
And yet his heart may throb with love 

For Gentile and for Jew. 
If this is called intolerant 

I would be called so, too. 



SELECTED POEMS. 45 



THOUGHTS FOR THE NEW YEAR. 

The year is done; its record is complete. 
Another leaf is turned, another sheet 
In life's account-book, and before your eyes 
The new year, like a page unsullied, lies. 
Soil not the clean, white page as you begin 
Another record ; blot it not with sin ; 
But let the writing be both fair and true ; 
Not such as you will be ashamed to view, 
Or seek to wash away with bitter tears. 
As you behold it in the coming years. 

The years are flying swiftly ; each when passed 
Should show a better record than the last ; 
Until the book of life again you give 
To Him Who gave to you this life to live, 
And Who is proving by your doings here 
Your fitness for existence in that sphere 
Where years are numbered by no little v/orld 
Revolving round the sun ; for there unfurled 
Eternity shall stretch through endless time, 
And you shall enter on the life divine. 



46 THE SPIRIT 01^ JAPAN. 

A CLEAN RECORD. 

Much better the vessel should never be broken, 

Than shattered and mended again ; 
What hand hath the requisite skill to restore, 
And make it again what it had been before 
It fell ? Is it not so with men ? 



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THE HIDDEN FUTURE. 

'Tis well we have not power to look 
Within life's sealed, mysterious book, 

And read what's written for us there ; 
If we upon that page could glance, 
We might lack courage to advance 

Upon a path beset with care. 

Enough for us that God knows all' 
That must to each of us befall, 

For He alone marks out our way ; 
And He will give us power to bear 
Each burden, and will with us share 

The load we carry day by da)'. 



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PART SECOND 



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CONTENTS OF PART SECOND. 

THE SPIRIT OF JAPAN. 

The Spirit of Yamato 49 

The Creation of Japan 50 

Match-Making 51 

The Birth of the Gods 52 

The Pouting Sun-Goddess 54 

An Afternoon Tea for Men 55 

The Thunder God 56 

Masamune's Swords 56 

The Samurai's Children 58 

The Wind God 60 

A Japanese Nobleman's Dream 60 

Susano Kills the Dragon 62 

Japanese Dreams of the Home Land 63 

The Emperor's Three Treasures 64 

Japanese Art 65 

The Emperor's Birthday 66 

Earthquakes 67 

Nature Worship 67 

Japanese Wall Decorations 68 

The Seventh Night 69 

JAPANESE FAVORITE FLOWERS, TREES AND BIRDS 

The Plum 70 

The Lotus 71 

Morning-Glories 72 

The Chrysanthemum 73 

The Cherry 74 

The Bamboo 75 

The Pine 76 

The Nightingale 77 

The Lark 78 

The Swallow 79 

The Hototogisu 80 

The Crane 81 

The Pomegranate 82 

The Willow 83 

Our Attitude 83 

Reverence for Age 84 




The Spirit of Yamato. 



PART SECOND 



THE SPIRIT OF JAPAN 



THE SPIRIT OF YAMATO. 



When the sun ascends the eastern sky, 
And the cherry blooms perfume the air, 

There is something comes to the Samurai 
Like the voice of an incense-laden prayer ; 

And a whisper says : " It is sweet to die 

At the Master's call ; but never fly." 

With their delicate fleeting, fragrant breath, 
The magnificent petals that quickly fall. 

To the Samurai's spirit speak of death, 
For they say in language known to all: 

'' We relinquish our hold on the parent trees, 

And v/e fall at the call of the morning breeze." 



50 THi: SPIRIT OF JAPAN. 

CREATION OF JAPAN. 

A god and goddess took their stand 
Upon the rainbow bridge that spanned 

The heaving, shoreless sea, 
Until that time, we understand 
Was water only, for the land 

Had not begun to be. 

Thus, standing o'er the wide expanse 
Of sea, the god thrust in his lance ; 

At once the drops congealed. 
Then, lo ! that matchless chain of isles 
Which stretches full two thousand miles, 

In beauty stood revealed. 

There stood the mountain crowned with snow, 
The azure lakes reposed below. 

Like mirrors for the skies, 
The waterfalls and streams that gleam, 
And fields and woods in living green. 

In nature's fairest dyes. 

All other lands are from the foam 
Of ocean made ; Japan alone 

Came from the jeweled spear. 
No wonder that this land most blessed, 
The first created and the best, 

To Japanese seems dear. 




The Birth of the Gods. 



THK vSPIRiT OF JAPAN. 5I 

MATCH-MAKING. 

Every year, upon the last day 
Of the ninth month, the believers 
In the Shinto faith assemble 
At the shrines to hold their farewell 
Meetings for gods of Nippon, 
Who at that time make a journey. 

In the province of Izumo, 
At the grave of brave Susano, 
Who laid low the fearful dragon, 
Which devoured the maids of Nippon, 
For a month the gods assemble, 
To arrange for future bridals. 

Here, unseen by earthly mortals, 
Gods select the youths and maidens 
Who will in the year to follow 
Be united to each other 
In the holy bands of wedlock. 
What an anxious time for lovers ! 

One month later, the disciples 
Meet at Shinto shrines to welcome 
Back the gods, and in the wooing, 
Which is always sure to follow, 
Urge that those by gods united, 
Men should not attempt to sunder. 



52 THE SPIRIT OF JAPAN. 

THE BIRTH OF THE GODS. 

Two heavenly beings, Yo and In, 

Stepped down from the rainbow bridge, 

To the beautiful earth, undefiled with sin ; 

And sacred to many since then has been 
The bold Kirishima's ridge. 

Then Yo on the left side, and In on the right, 

Explored the magnificent isle. 
So lately awakened from chaos and night. 
Through paradise crowded with every delight, 

They wandered for many a mile. 

They circle the beautiful island and meet 

Again on the opposite shore; 
'' To meet such a lovely companion is sweet !" 
The goddess exclaimed, in her joy to greet 

Her heavenly lord once more. 

The goddess spoke fii-st, as a goddess will, 

Which angered her spouse divine; 
Who, vexed at this liberty, bade her be still. 
And also to make, for opposing his will. 
The journey a second time. 

They circled the island and met again 

Once more on the other side ; 
" How sweet is the pleasure," cried Yo, who began, 
" To meet such a goddess as you, in Japan ! 

Together now let us abide." 



THE SPIRIT OF JAPAN. 53 

Thus, love had beginning, and from it there sprung 

Both the gods and people of earth ; 
The first was a daughter, the radiant sun, 
Called Ama-Terasu, the glorious one. 
Transferred to the sky from her birth. 

The second, a daughter called Tsuki, the moon, 

Resembling the sun, but less bright; 
At first they reigned jointly, but poor Tsuki soon 
Offended her sister, who ordered the moon 
To show herself only at night. 

The third was Hiruko, a cripple, and he 

At three was unable to stand ; 
So making a boat from a sweet camphor tree, 
They set him afloat on the wide open sea, 

The first of the fisherman's band. 

The fourth was a scape-grace, Susano by name, 
Who ruled o'er the great, restless sea ; 

His spirit the gods were unable to tame ; 

He trod down the rice-fields again and again, 
His sister had sown on the lea. 

The gods of the mountains, the thunder and rain. 

The gods of the rivers and earth, 
The god of the winds and the god of flame. 
With myriad others, too many to name, 

From these we have mentioned had birth. 



54 THE SPIRIT OF JAPAN. 

THE POUTING SUN-GODDESS. 

One day, as the sun-goddess sat at her loom, 
Her vexatious brother threw into the room 
A hide that was reeking, just stripped from a horse; 
The goddess was angry at conduct so coarse ; 
She wept and she frowned, and in order to pout 
She entered a cave and refused to come out ; 
But shutting herself in an adamant tomb. 
She left the poor world in the deepest of gloom. 

The gods tried to coax the bright one to come out ; 
They built her a palace both ample and stout ; 
They made for her jewels and beautiful clothes. 
And also a mirror her charms to disclose ; 
When all things were ready, they gathered before 
The mouth of her cavern, with adamant door; 
They played upon instruments, one danced and sung, 
The others all shouted till the heavens rung. 

The sun-goddess wondered on hearing their glee, 
How could they rejoice and she absent. To see 
The cause of their mirth, she peeped out of the door, 
And saw in the mirror, which one held before. 
Her own lovely face ; ne'er before were such charms 
Revealed by a mirror ; a god with strong arms 
Held open the door of the cavern, and then 
They led out the goddess to daylight again. 

The gods to her brother gave punishment dire ; 
They plucked every hair from his head in their ire ; 
They pulled out the nails from his fingers and toes ; 
And banished the wretch to the kingdom of woes. 
The sun-goddess never again hid her light ; 
She shines save when sleeping, which causes the night. 
Her sister called Tsuki instead then holds sway. 
Till cocks by their crowing awaken the day. 




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AN AFTERNOON TEA FOR MEN. 



How queer it seems, a tea for men ! 
It does seem rather strange, but then 
All things were strange in old Japan, 
And that's where teas like this began, 
Six hundred years or so ago. 

The tea was picked in early spring. 
When things are fresh, and gay birds sing 
Their sweetest songs; then stored away 
In jars until the proper day. 
Six hundred years or so ago. 

They spoke of literature and art, 
Made poems, each one taking part, 
But never gossiped o'er their tea; 
They set the pace for you and me. 
Six hundred years or so ago. 

All sipped the tea from one fair bowl, 
A fragrant font, where soul met soul ; 
'Twas like communion in Japan ; 
And that's where teas like this began. 
Six hundred years or so ago. 



56 the: spirit of japan. 



THE THUNDER GOD. 

The thunder god rides on the cloud, 
And plays upon his arch of drums, 

Producing music soft or loud ; 

And as he strikes, there often comes 

A flash of vivid, blinding light. 

Which turns to day the darksome night. 



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MASAMUNE'S SWORDS. 

Masamune hated pelf. 

But he welded his own self 

Into every shining blade 

That he made. 

True as steel in which he wrought, 

Pure as devv^ in every thought. 

He impressed upon his art 

His own heart. 




The Thunder God. 



the: spirit of JAPAN". 57 



Masamune's weapons gleam 
Like a flashing mountain stream, 
While upon their edge a haze 
Ever plays, 

Making those who but behold 
Shiver, for the blood runs cold, 
Even in the warmest days. 
When they gaze. 

In the hands of sons of Mars 
They will cut through iron bars, 
Yet remain unnicked, unscarred. 
Quite unmarred. 
His of all swords are the best. 
As is proved by every test, 
That can possibly be made 
Of a blade. 

Stand a Masamune sword 

In a brook, upon a ford. 

Let the edge but slightly lean 

'Gainst the stream; 

Then a straw upon the tide 

It will certainly divide. 

If it strikes the weapon true. 

Into two. 



58 THI^ SPIRIT 01^ JAPAN. 



THE SAMURAI'S CHILDREN. 



When but five, they say, 
'* He must learn the way 

Of his fathers, the Samurai, 
Whether sunshine or rain. 
He must never complain. 

He's the son of a Samurai." 
On a large checkerboard 
He is stood, and a sword 

Is placed in his little hand ; 
Thus his heart is steeled. 
And he learns to wield 

The sword for his native land. 

Every Samurai knows 
That with heavy blows 

On the anvil his sword was made ; 
That the heat and the cold 
Were both needed to mold 

And to temper the trusty blade ; 
And the Samurai knows. 
That his boy needs the blows 

Dealt by fortune, to make him strong ; 
Both the heat and the cold. 
Are required for the bold. 

Who vv^ould battle against the wrong. 



THK SPIRIT OF JAPAN. 59 



With his httle feet bare, 
To the cold winter air, 

He must go to his daily tasks ; 
And not many the sweets, 
And still fewer the treats, 

That the Samurai's boy dares to ask ; 
But the sword by his side 
Is his glory and pride, 

For he thinks of it as of his soul ; 
And the sword must be bright, 
And employed for the right, 

xA.nd kept under most perfect control. 

To the Samurai's lass 
There is given a glass, 

A bright mirror which answers her true ; 
And the maid must be sure 
To be modest and pure. 

Never minding what others may do ; 
And a keen dagger bright 
Is concealed from the sight, 

In her bosom ; 'tis better to die, 
Than to have any stain 
On her family name; 

'Tis the wav of the Samurai. 



60 THE SPIRIT OF JAPAN. 

THE WIND GOD. 

The wind god carries on his back 
The various winds held in a sack; 

The ends in his great fists he grasps; 
He gives them exit, fast or slow, 
And regulates the winds that blow, 

From zephyrs to the raging blasts. 



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A JAPANESE NOBLEMAN'S DREAM. 

In youth there came to me an awful dream, 

Which left its impress on my later years ; 
To me, in that night-vision it did seem 

I wandered in the gloomy vale of tears ; 
The path was wet and slimy ; on each side 

Were pitfalls, yawning like the mouths of hell ; 
And pretty soon my feet began to slide 

From under me, and into one I fell ; 
I landed at the bottom of the pit. 

Which seemed a den of foul and hissing snakes. 
The writhing reptiles at each other bit. 

At very thought of which my spirit quakes ; 




The Wind God. 



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There seemed to be one way of getting out, 

And that was furnished by a sturdy vine, 
Which from above sent down a section stout, 

And seizing this, I soon began to cHmb ; 
On hfting up my eyes, I saw a rat 

Engaged in gnawing at my Hving rope ; 
I knew my danger, but I argued that 

I Vv^ould have time, and so was full of hope ; 
When half way up, I saw, to my surprise, 

Some luscious fruit dependent from the vine; 
It seemed so sweet and tempting to my eyes, 

I gathered some, and thus delayed a time. 
But while I stopped, the vine was cut in twain 

By that vile rodent, with his chisel teeth, 
And down I tumbled in the pit again ; 

And gone were now all chances of relief. 
I woke, the sweat was standing on my brow. 

Which came from horror of that awful dream ; 
The dreadful vision haunts me even now; 

I tried to reason out what it might mean; 
I plainly saw, that if I wished to climb 

To higher places in life's rugged way, 
I must not stop, and waste my precious time. 

Though pleasure tempt me with her fruit to stay. 
So for my life I made a stringent rule. 

When urged to taste her fruit, to answer, " No !" 
In doing this I have not played the fool. 

But reached a high position, as you know. 



^2 THE SPIRIT OF JAPAN. 

SUSANO KILLS THE DRAGON. 



From the mountains there came, 
In pursuit of fair game, 

A fierce dragon of wonderful size; 
Not content with one pate, 
This huge monster had eight, 

Bestudded with great fiery eyes. 

By the dragon appalled, 
They Susano recalled 

To protect them from their dreaded foe ; 
Which devoured all the maids 
In his desperate raids. 

And so filled the whole country with woe. 

Unlike Hercules strong, 

Or St. George famed in song, 

Not with arms did he conquer the foe ; 
But with Sake instead, 
A great jar for each head, 

Eight large vessels set out in a row. 

Soon the beast came and drank; 
In a stupor he sank, 

Quite unable himself to defend ; 
He was easily slain. 
To the nation's great gain, 

'Twas through Sake he came to his end. 

From the tip of his tail. 
With its coating of mail. 

There protruded a wonderful sword 
Of most marvelous strength, 
This was given at length 

To the sun-goddess, whom all adored. 




Susano Kills the Dragon. 



THE SPIRIT OF JAPAN. 63 

JAPANESE DREAMS OF THE HOMELAND. 

The beauty of the Inland Sea, 

Bestudded with its lovely isles, 
Is ever in our memory, 

Though distant, now, five thousand miles ; 
Brave Fuji San, that guards the coast, 

And blessed our eyes far out at sea; 
'Tis hard to tell what charmed us most, 

Where all so lovely seemed to be. 

When cherry blossoms in the spring 

Their witchery of beauty spread, 
And happy feathered songsters sing 

Their sweetest carols overhead. 
In summer when azaleas blow. 

And beautify the mountain-side. 
We think of thee where'er we go ; 

Thy memories with us abide. 

When frost comes stealing in the night 

To kiss the graceful maple leaves, 
Which blush to scarlet, then how bright 

The glens appear; Oh, how it grieves 
Us to be absent from our home, 

The land we love across the sea ; 
No matter where our feet may roam, 

Our hearts are constantly with thee. 



64 THK SPIRIT OF JAPAN. 

THE EMPEROR'S THREE TREASURES. 

The soil of Nippon, by the gods 

Was trodden for a time; 
And so made sacred by the feet 

Of those who were divine ; 
At length from Kirishima's ridge, 
They step upon the swinging bridge, 

And so to heaven climb. 

The bridge was lifted very soon, 

And carried far away; 
Direct communication ceased 

With heaven from that day. 
Then one was from their number sent, 
Who, in their stead, should represent 

The gods of early sway. 

Three treasures had the sun-goddess, — 

A mirror, sword and seal. 
The first was made by hands divine, 

From heaven's burnished steel; 
The seal, which curious art displayed, 
Was from a stony substance made. 

But very smooth to feel. 

The sword was from the dragon's tail. 

The monster as you know. 
With eight huge heads, and which was slain 

By valiant Susano. 
The sun-goddess these treasures three 
Gave to her grandson Ninigi, 

Who then came down below. 




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And so to earth these treasures came 

With Ninigi divine, 
To be the heritage of each 

In the Imperial Hne, 
Unbroken from that early day, 
When o'er Japan the gods held sway, 

Until the present time. 



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JAPANESE ART. 

'Tis said that Yoshitsune had a very ugly face ; 

'Twas pitted from the small-pox, but his heart was full 

of grace ; 
A lover of sweet music, and a patron of fine art ; 
And every little duty he performed with all his heart. 

But Benkei, his retainer, who was handsome as could be 

In features, but his spirit, as any one can see 

Who reads his story, was untamed and rash and heedless, 

too; 
He always was impatient in the work he had to do. 

So artists in Mikado's land paint Yoshitsune fair 
And handsome, while poor Benkei is always made to bear 
The marks of ugliness. The spirit hidden in the breast 
Is painted, not externals, and perhaps this way is best. 



66 THE SPIRIT OF JAPAN. 



THE EMPEROR'S BIRTH-DAY. 

(Obsen-ed in San Francisco.) 

Hail, the Emperor's natal day! 

Let the happy bells all ring! 
While his loyal subjects say. 

In their joy: ''Long live the King! 

Banzai ! Banzai ! Banzai !" 

Fling the banners to the breeze ! 

Throw aside all vexing care! 
Sweetest flowers adorn the trees, 

Mingle incense with our prayer ! 

''Banzai! Banzai! Banzai!" 

On this distant western shore 
We w^ould not forget the birth 

Of the one whom we adore, 

But exclaim with heart-felt mirth, 
"Banzai! Banzai! Banzai!" 

Happy is Mikado's Realm, 
Safely sails the ship of state 

While our Tenno holds the helm. 
Echo from the Golden Gate, 
" Banzai ! Banzai ! Banzai !" 



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EARTHQUAKES. 

The lovely land of Yamato 
Is charming, but concealed below 
Are awful caverns dark and deep, 
In which the mighty dragons sleep; 
Their slumbers often troubled seem 
By restlessness or frightful dream, 
And waking with a thunderous snore. 
They shake the land from shore to shore. 



NATURE WORSHIP. 

The Shinto gods are deities 

Of nature ; this is why 
The Japanese who worship these 

Have reverence for the sky 
And hills and valleys, woods and sea. 
Which thrills their souls with poetry. 

All nature to the Japanese 

In sacred language speaks. 
Through lakes and flowers, birds and trees, 

And lofty mountain peaks ; 
So those who gaze on Fuji's crest 
Have thoughts that cannot be expressed. 



68 THE SPIRIT OF JAPAN. 

JAPANESE WALL DECORATIONS. 

Their pictures are the language of their minds ; 

In winter, when oppressed by leaden skies, 
And from the snowy peaks blow chilly winds. 

They place a bit of spring before their eyes. 
Such as a flowering plum with nightingale. 

Which means that brighter days are coming soon, 
When Philomela will repeat his tale 

Of unrequited love unto the moon. 

When spring has come, they think of summer days; 

Before their eyes they hang a summer scene ; 
In summer, golden autumn meets their gaze; 

Some scarlet maples standing by a stream ; 
In autumn, Fujiyama, crowned with snow. 

Adorns the wall ; the year will soon be done, 
And soon will come again the time to sow. 

Their minds are ever running on before 

The season, dreaming of a coming day. 
And living in the future more than now ; 

And this to them appears the proper way ; 
Just as in western lands, the merchants show 

The goods of spring, while winter still is here ; 
And summer things in spring, for well they know, 

The mind is running on before the year. 




Earthquakes. 



THE SPIRIT OF JAPAN. 69 



THE SEVENTH NIGHT. 



The gentle maidens of Japan, 

Upon the seventh night 
Of what was called the seventh month, 

Indulged in fancies bright; 
On either side the heavenly tide 

We call the milky way. 
Two stars that glow, together flow. 

Upon the seventh, they say. 

The morning-glory one is called, 

And one the weaver star, 
To honor these, small bamboo trees 

Were set up, near and far ; 
And lovely maidens tried to tell. 

On colored papers bright. 
The longings of their gentle hearts, 

Upon the seventh night. 

In olden times, instead of rhymes. 

They hung up colored thread, 
As offering to the weaver star; 

While fruits were given instead 
To morning-glory. So the maids 

Indulged in fancies bright, 
And wrote their lines in simple rhymes, 

Upon the seventh night. 



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JAPANESE FAVORITES— Flowers, Trees and Birds. 



THE PLUM. 

The hardy plum is first to come 

Of all the flowers of spring ; 
It seems so bold to brave the cold, 

That poets love to sing 
Of these brave trees ; to Japanese 

The path they seem to show 
To victory. They love the tree 

That blooms amid the snow. 




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Just notice where the lotus 

In its chastened beauty grows ; 
Yet opens in the sunHght, 

Pure as Fugi's driven snows; 
In spite of its surroundings, 

Growing in the stagnant pond, 
It is so wonderfully pure 

That Japanese are fond 
Of lotus flowers, because they say 

In words of sweet content: 
'* You, too, may be as pure as we, 

In your environment." 




The Lctus. 



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MORNING-GLORIES. 

'Tis said that morning-glories make 
A little noise when they awake, 
And open first their lovely eyes, 
To greet the sun in eastern skies. 

The children of the Japanese, 

Who love all kinds of flowers and trees, 

Arise before the morning sun, 

To hear them open one by one. 

A little note from flowery horn 
Announces that the day is born ; 
The Sunrise Kingdom's sunrise flower 
Is cherished both in heart and bower. 










Morning-Glories. 




The Seventh Ninht. 



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THE CHRYSANTHEMUM. 



Chrysanthemums, of all the flowers, 

Are in Japan most dear, 
Because they, like a rear-ward guard. 

Come latest in the year. 
When other flowers have fled away. 

They cover the retreat ; 
And help to make the autumn gay, 

Though not so very sweet. 




The Chrysanthemum. 



74 THE SPIRIT OF JAPAN. 

THE CHERRY. 

The cherry is grown for beauty alone; 

The fruit that is left behind 
Is bitter and small, and not eaten at all ; 

The petals that whirl in the wind 
Like beauiful snow, seem to say as they go. 

When called by each summoning blast : 
''A lesson we give to people who live, 

That beauty like ours will not last." 

Long ages ago, in old Yamato, 

These blossoms that quickly fall, 
Taught brave Samurai to be ready to die 

At once, at their master's call ; 
To die by the sword for their feudal lord ; 

So cherries, wherever they blow, 
With fragrance they fill the air, while they thrill 

The spirit of Yamato. 




The Cherry. 



1> LOWERS, TREES AND BIRDS. 75 

THE BAMBOO. 

The bamboo is a favorite, 

Because it grows so high 
And straight, with joints so regular 

Into the azure sky. 
The Japanese learn from these trees 

The way they ought to grow, — 
Upright and systematic, spite 

Of all the winds that blow. 

In winter-time, a load of snow 

It gracefully upbears ; 
It bends, but soon springs back to show 

Men how to bear their cares ; 
Though light and airy, yet it plays 

A most important part ; 
And sets a good example, both 

In usefulness and art. 




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THE PINE. 

Notice how the pine trees grow, 
Even 'mid the mountain snow, 
Growing straight up to the sky ; 
This explains the reason why 
Sentimental Japanese 
So admire these noble trees. 

Heeding not the winter's cold. 
Ever green and never old, 
Springing from uneven ground, 
Growing straight wherever found ; 
Sentimental Japanese 
Wish to imitate these trees. 




The Pine. 



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THE NIGHTINGALE. 



You should hear in the spring 
The nightingales sing, 

At the time when the plum trees bloom ; 
On a sweet blossom spray 
One will perch, while its lay 

Is addressed to the silvery moon. 

It is easy, we say, 
To be cheerful by day, 

Then the heart is naturally light; 
But how few, like this bird, 
When in darkness, are heard. 

To sing in the midst of the night. 




The Nightingale. 



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THE LARK. 



The lark flies up to meet the day, 
He mounts to talk with heaven, to pray ; 
At least that's what the people say. 
On seeing him ascend the skies : 
Our human aspirations rise 
To what lies hidden from our eves. 





The Lark. 



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THE SWALLOW. 

If one should kill a swallow 
Some harm would surely follow ; 

The people call them messengers divine. 
They build against the walls 
Of chambers and of halls 

Their nests of clay, where'er they may incline. 

The gods would, in their ire, 
Consume one's house with fire, 

If one should harm these servants of the skies ; 
These birds have naught to fear, 
For people hold them dear; 

Their visits seem like angels' in disguise. 

These birds that swiftly fly 
Are welcomed. Farmers vie 

In building little shelters for their nests ; 
For country people know 
How many things that grow 

Are saved by swallows from the insect pests. 

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From the spirit land, in the month of May, 
Oomes the hototogisu, which seems to say, 
In his pecuHar birdhke way, 

Which the farmers understand : 
" It is time, good people, to plant your grain.' 
To others he seems to be telling his name, 
Which is Hototogisu, the same as the strain 

That he learned in the spirit land. 




The Hototogisu. 



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THE CRANE. 

We read about a time, 

When it was thought a crime 

To kill a crane, and any one who did, 
Paid forfeit with his life, 
Unless he left his wife 

And home, and quickly fled away and hid. 

The crane is pure in life, 
And faithful to one wife. 

Not choosing for himself another mate ; 
He lives a thousand years ; 
A Japanese reveres 

This bird and keeps him in a kind state. 




The Crane. 



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THE POMEGRANATE. 



When the pomegranate gapes, 

It reveals its heart; 
So every jackanapes, 

When his Hps do part, 
Reveals his secret thought, 

Which to hide were art." 

So say the Samurai. 




The Pomegranate. 



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THE WILLOW. 



The willow is a tree that yields ; 

It bends but does not break ; 
The Japanese admire these trees 

For this ; they try to make 
Their women see, and long to be 

Like willows by the lake. 



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OUR ATTITUDE. 

Let us, too, learn of nature, 

Like aesthetic Japanese, 
And find more moral lessons 

In our cherished flowers and trees , 
More bravery in sturdy oaks 

And ever- verdant pines ; 
More modesty in violets. 

More love in clinging vines. 



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REVERENCE FOR AGE. 



The crane, the tortoise and pine tree 

Are all extolled in song; 
The reason seems to chiefly be 

Because they live so long. 
Old age is reverenced everywhere 

Beyond the western seas ; 
A fitting honor for gray hair 

Is shown by Japanese. 




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CONTENTS OF PART THIRD, 

SONGS OF THE SUNRISE KINGDOM. 

Urashima 87 

The Prize Poem gi 

The Farmer and the Looking Glass 92 

Daruma 94 

Quid Pro Quo 95 

Araki, the Fencer 96 

The Three Travelers 99 

Ikkyii, the Buddhist Sage 103 

A Japanese Belle 104 

Adventures of Hayakawa 105 

Kano, the Lightning Artist 108 

The Magic Fans 109 

Sayonara 112 




Urashima. 



PART THIRD 



SONGS of the SUNRISE KINGDOM 

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URASHIMA. 

Long ago, in Hinomoto, 

In the empire of Mikado, 

Long before the reign of Shoguns, 

Lived a lad called Urashima ; 

Urashima, meaning island, 

Little islands off the main shore. 

LTrashima loved the ocean. 
Loved to hear it singing mildly, 
Loved to see it dashing wildly, 
Called it Haha, meaning mother, 
Said he was the ocean's offspring, 
Happy on its heaving bosom. 

Strong of limb grew Urashima, 
Trained in every manly calling ; 
Skillfully he learned to manage 
His frail craft in stormy weather ; 
Skillfully he learned to gather 
Harvests from the rolling waters. 



88 THIt SPIRIT OF JAPAN. 

One fair morning, Urashima 

Rowed his little boat, his fune. 

Out upon the shining waters, 

While the breeze, umi-no-kaze, 

Fanned his cheeks and kissed his forehead. 

And the ocean rocked him gently. 

Far from shore his oars he rested. 
Then he dropped his hook all baited 
Down into the clear blue water, 
Deeper, deeper, till he felt it 
Catch on something that resisted 
All his efforts to release it. 

Off he threw his outer garment, 
In his language called Kimono, 
Then into the ocean diving 
Like a fish, he swam to loosen 
From the rocks his fishing tackle, 
Down and down his line he followed. 

When at last he reached the bottom. 
Great his wonder on beholding 
There a palace built of coral. 
Roofed with pearly shells that glistened ; 
In the garden bloomed strange flowers, 
Such as seen on earth are never. 

'Twas the palace Ryu-gu-jo, 
In the kingdom of Ryu-gu. 
All the fishes are his subjects, 
All the finny tribes obey him, 
Do his errands, pay him tribute. 
Gathered from the spoils of ocean. 



SONGS OF THE KINGDOM. 89 

At the gate of this strange castle 
Stood the fair ones, noble ladies, 
Beckoning to Urashima, 
Welcoming him to the palace. 
Welcoming the son of ocean. 
To the world beneath the waters. 

Into the great hall they led him, 
Where they spread for him a banquet, 
Making merry at his coming; 
And the king, the great Ryii-o 
Gave to him his only daughter. 
Made him heir to all his kingdom. 

Swiftly, like a weaver's shuttle. 
Sped the happy days uncounted. 
In that under world enchanted, 
In the palace of the sea king, 
Where 'mid every kind of pleasure, 
Lived our hero free from trouble. 

But at last he felt a longing 
Once again to see his village; 
See again the well-known faces 
Of the people on the seashore ; 
Breathe the air above the waters. 
Hear again the land birds singing. 

Vainly did his wife, the princess, 
Importune him not to leave her; 
But when she could not persuade him, 
She a little casket gave him. 
Bidding him to keep it safely, 
But to never look within it. 



90 THE SPIRIT OF JAPAN. 

To the shore went Urashima, 
Riding on a great sea turtle; 
Safe he reached his native village. 
He was young and strong of body 
As he was the morn he left it 
On his very strange adventure. 

Much he wondered at not seeing 
Any face that he remembered ; 
Much he wondered upon hearing 
All of those who once had loved him, 
With the dead had long been numbered, 
In the graveyard all now slumbered. 

Then he asked of Urashima, 
Whether any one remembered 
Him. Some answered, their ancestors 
Told them of one, Urashima, 
How he rowed out on the ocean, 
And they never more had seen him. 

In his grief, poor Urashima, 

Heeding not, unclasped tlie casket. 

Out there flew a purple spirit ; 

Lines of beauty changed to wrinkles ; 

Limbs of strength grew old and trembling ; 

And his hair turned white as hoar-frost. 

To this day the fishing people. 

In the kingdom of Mikado, 

Say there is another kingdom 

At the bottom of the ocean ; 

And when waves are beating wildly, 

Say the king below is angry. 



SONGS OF the; kingdom. 91 

THE PRIZE POEM. 

A certain bonze, who had beneath his care 

Three students for the priesthood, at one time, 

To stimulate them, offered a large pear 

To that one who should write the finest rhyme. 

" The subject," said the bonze '' may puzzle you. 
Yet if you wish to win this luscious pear, 

Please tell me what you wish to cut in two. 
And }'et, for some good reason, always spare?" 

The first youth, being sentimental, said, 

" The plum branch, decked with blossoms wondrous 
fair, 
That hides the moon, by swaying o'er my head; 

I long to cut it, yet I always spare." 

The second wrote, " This brush, a gift from you, 
Composed of bamboo and of camel's hair, 

Is much too long, and should be cut in trvvo. 
But when I think of him who gave, I spare." 

The third lad was a rogue, and so he wrote : 
" The one that grudges to me one poor pear, 

The thing that I would cut is not his coat, 

But head from off his shoulders, yet I spare." 

The angry bonze the pear hurled at his head; 

The youth was quick, and raised his hand in time 
To catch it, when he most politely said, 

" Thank you, good father, so the prize is mine '". 



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THE FARMER AND THE LOOKING-GLASS. 

In old Yedo, now Tokyo, 

A farmer chanced to pass 
A shop and see what seemed to be 

His father in a glass. 

Within a frame, and just the same 

As twenty years before. 
With visage mild, the father smiled 

To see his son once more. 

The farmer then exchanged some yen 
For this strange foreign thing, 

Which had the power, at any hour. 
His father back to bring. 

With heart content, he homeward went, 

And hid his shining prize 
From the young wife who shared his life ; 

This was not very wise. 

But secretly he went to see 

His father morn and eve ; 
This was no sin, but right of him. 

And yet he did deceive. 

She found him out, and full of doubt, 
She looked within the drawer ; 

And seeing there a woman fair, 
Her peace of mind was o'er. 




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When he returned, with words that burned, 

She charged him with the crime 
Of double hfe, keeping a wife 

In secret^ all the time. 

A Buddhist nun, who chanced to come 

That way, was passing by; 
She overheard the angry word. 

And tried to pacify. 

" He tries to hide another bride !" 

The outraged woman cries ; 
'* But I've found out, what he's about ; 

I've seen her with my eyes." 

** It is my sire !" he cried with ire, 

'' I keep him in that place, 
And every day I go to pray, 

And gaze upon his face." 

The nun leaned o'er the open drawer. 

And saw what none had seen. 
She saw instead, with shaven head, 

A nun with solemn mien. 

** You must forgive, for as I live. 

The woman is a nun ; 
She in this way attempts to pay 

For wrong that she has done." 

At last the three looked in to see. 

And found each other there. 
The looking-glass, alas ! alas ! 

Had proved a wicked snare. 



94 THe SPIRIT OF JAPAN. 

DARUMA. 

'Tis said that Daruma, the Buddhist sage, 
Some fourteen hundred years or so ago, 

From India came to China, to engage 

In teaching Chinese what they ought to know, 
To reach Nirvana, land of dreamless sleep. 

The sage sat cross-legged, motionless, until 
Some birds lit on his head, and built a nest 

Within his hair ; he sat so very still. 

The grass grew on his shoulders and his breast ; 
His eyes were closed in meditation deep. 

For nine long years he never stirred a limb. 
And all the earthly passion in him died ; 

His soul, by contemplation freed from sin, 
Arose to higher regions, purified. 
Some say the sage's body turned to stone. 

Thus, even now, some people in Japan 
In meditation spend some time each day. 

Like Daruma, and follow out his plan 
To purify the soul, and take away 
The love of earth, and for their sins atone. 



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QUID PRO QUO. 

There is a story in Japan 
About a certain stingy man, 

Who loved with all his heart 
To feast upon a dish of eels, 
And yet he would not for such meals 

Consent with cash to part. 

So every day he brought his dish 
Of rice to where the frying fish 

Sent forth a savory smell ; 
He closed his eyes, and in his mind 
Was eating eels. Some people find 

Such methods work quite well. 

The restaurator made a bill, 

And charged for odors rare that fill 

The air for rods around. 
The stingy man took out his cash 
And threw them down, and by the crash 

He paid for smell with sound. 



96 'J'HK SPIRIT O? JAPAN. 

ARAKI, THE FENCER. 

There was a man named Araki, 

Two hundred years ago, 
Who very skillful proved to be 

In use of sword and bow ; 
And through the country, far and wide, 
His name was known on every side, 

And dreaded by the foe. 

Araki was a man possessed 
Of heart both kind and true. 

One time unconsciously he pressed 
A frog beneath his shoe. 

'' Forgive me, little frog," said he, 

'* You were so small I could not see. 
And so have injured you." 

And yet this Samurai had slain. 

One time in open fight. 
Full forty men, who 'gainst him came. 

He vanquished every knight 
Who fought with him. He only tried 
To put down wrong on every side, 

And battle for the right. 

One evening Araki drew near 

A hamlet in the wood ; 
The people were in deadly fear. 

For well they understood 
Their mountain god would take that day 
A human victim for his prey; 

He could not be withstood. 



SONGS OF THE KINGDOM, 

For many years, by lot, they told 
The one who's time had come. 

This year, the spirit growing bold, 
Picked out the fairest one, 

A lovely maiden, just eighteen, 

The only daughter, it would seem, 
Of one who had no son. 

In spotless white the girl was dressed. 
And well she played her part; 

A Buddhist book was closely pressed 
Against her throbbing heart ; 

A tear was standing in her e3'e; 

Too young was she to wish to die ; 
She dreaded Death's cold dart. 

The people said, " Your life you give, 

Because the will of Fate 
So orders. By the gods we live; 

We must propitiate 
The spirits, or no rain will fall. 
'Tis better one should die for all. 

Than perish small and great." 

An ark was from the temple brought 

To bear her to the shrine ; 
Her relatives, in saddest thought. 

All followed in a line. 
Araki this procession spied. 
And quickly to the place he hied. 

Arriving just in time. 



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98 THE SPIRIT OF JAPAN. 

He said, if they would hear his plea, 

And let the maiden go, 
He gladly would her ransom be. 

He would himself bestow 
Within the ark and take her place. 
And either gods or devils face. 

If they would have it so. 

Araki, then, within the ark 
Was placed before the shrine. 

The people left him in the dark, 
And slowly passed the time. 

At last a monster did appear, 

But brave Araki knew no fear. 
For fighting was his line. 

The monster wounded, fled away. 
And he returned no more. 

Araki waited for the day, 

Then saw on ground and floor 

A trace of blood, a scarlet line. 

Which to the loft above the shrine. 
Led through the sacred door. 

Araki quickly climbed, and then 

In wonder saw the lair. 
Where some wild beast had made its den 

Above the house of prayer. 
He soon dispatched it with his blade. 
And to the country folk displayed 

Its carcass, then and there. 



SONGS OF the: kingdom. 99 

The father, full of gratitude, 

Because he saved the life 
Of his one daughter, thought it good 

To make the girl his wife; 
But Araki would not be tied 
To an}^ wife ; more than a bride 

He loved a wandering life. 



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THE THREE TRAVELERS. 

Long, long ago, 

Near Kiyoto, 
Three strangers chanced to meet 
At a small inn ; 

They hoped within 
To get a bit to eat, 
And place to stay 

Till the next day, 
And rest their tired feet. 

The landlord said, 

** I have a bed 
For each, and viands rare. 
If you agree 

To stay with me, 
And with each other share 
One chamber small ; 
For that is all 
The room I have to spare. 

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The strangers three, 
In company, 
Took lodging for the night. 
Soon served with rice, 

And all things nice, 
On tables small and light; 
Each, o'er his tea. 

Gave pedigree, 
To prove himself all right. 

When they had done. 
The oldest one 
Produced a good-sized can 
Of something sweet ; 

" This is a treat," 
Said he, " for any man. 
In making sweets 

My village beats 
All cities in Japan." 

He passed it round. 

The others found 
It just as he had said. 
But he who gave. 

Inclined to save. 
Proposed they go to bed. 
Once more the tin 

Was placed within 
The basket, near his head. 



SONGS OF THE KINGDOM. lOI 



The three then lay — 

It was their way — 
On mats upon the floor ; 
But soon the clown 

From candy town 
Set up an awful snore, 
Like waves that dash 

And roar and crash 
Upon the ocean shore. 

Deprived of sleep, 

And forced to keep 
Their vigils in such din, 
To make amends, 

These quasi friends 
Thought of the hidden tin 
Of candy rare. 

And planned to share 
A little more with him. 

With feet stretched out, 
One felt about, 
And drew the basket nigh ; 
Then soon within 

He found a tin ; 
A second time they try 

The sweets, which now — 

They know not how — 
Seemed changed to ashes dry. 



I02 THE SPIRIT OF JAPAN. 



They coughed and sighed, 
And tried to hide 
Their plunder out of sight. 
In great surprise 

Their comrade's eyes 
Were opened with affright; 
When he could feel 

His flint and steel, 
He soon produced a light. 

"Alas !" he cried, 

When he had spied 
What these two friends had done ; 
'' Upon my life, 

You ate my wife, 
Whose bones to ashes one 
Short week ago 

Were turned ; and so 
I am, indeed, undone!" 




Ikkyu, the Buddhist Sage. 



SONGS OF the: kingdom. IO3 

IKKYU, THE BUDDHIST SAGE. 
« 

Long, long- ago, in Yamato, 

There lived a Buddhist sage, 
A royal monk, who had the spunk 

To brave a nation's rage; 
And many proverbs to Japan 
He gave. He was a brainy man, 

And wise for any age. 

Most Buddhists eat not any meat. 

'* But it cannot be wrong 
To eat of fish, or what you wish, 

And meat will make you strong 
To fight the foes outside and in. 
And conquer devils, flesh and sin.'' 

'Twas thus he taught the throng. 

His words were wise, and people prize 

His sayings more and more; 
For every page proves that this sage 

Was full of wisdom's lore. 
Some say he was the wisest man 
That ever lived since time began, 

Or ever mother bore. 



104 I'HK SPIRIT OF JAPAN. 

A JAPANESE BELLE. 

I wish that I possessed the power 

To fittingly describe a flower 

Called Hana San, but then an hour 
Would be required to do it right. 

Her cheeks were plump and tinged with rose; 

Her lips a cherry when it glows 
In June. Her unobtrusive nose 
Was dainty, shapely, very slight. 

Her little head had such a pose 

It turned the heads of scores of beaux ; 

Her even teeth were w^hite as snows 

That glisten on some mountain height. 
Through raven locks her forehead shone 
In shape like Fuji's perfect cone. 
Which stands in beauty quite alone. 

Her eyes were like the darkest night. 

Her obi, tied in a great bow, 

Gave beauty to her kimono, 

Which made her look like a rainbow, 

Or butterfly so bright and gay. 
Her mind — ah, never mind her mind — 
For that was difficult to find. 
She was the fairest of her kind, 

A sweet and lovelv musume. 




A Japanese Belle. 



SONGS OF THIv KINGDOM. I05 

Her hands were like a doirs, and when 

She played upon the samisen, 

And sang, she seemed to hold the men 

With magic power beneath her sway. 
Her voice was clear and soft and sweet; 
It brought the lovers to her feet. 
For all considered it a treat 

To listen to her plaintive lay. 

But when she poured a cup of tea, 
Her grace was wonderful to see, 
This girl beyond the western sea, — 

Ohana San, the lovely one, 
For, like the blossom in her hair. 
She seemed so sweet as well as fair, 
With charms unequalled anywhere 

In any land beneath the sun. 

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ADVENTURES OF HAYAKAWA. 

One of Nippon's ancient heroes 

Was a man named Hayakawa, 

Signifying rapid river. 

He resided by a torrent 

That came rushing from the mountains, 

Hurrying to reach the ocean. 

Here one Yamanaka found him 
Damming back the mountain current. 
To assist himself in fishing. 
So he called him to his service 
As a knight, and long he served him, 
Doing mighty deeds of valor. 



I06 TH^ SPIRIT OF JAPAN. 



Once our hero and his comrades, 
Ten in number, were enchanted 
By the singing of a blind man 
Whom they thought a simple minstrel 
Wandering about the country, 
Singing for his food and lodging. 

As they sat and drank their sake, 
They were seized with awful torture, 
And they knew they had been poisoned. 
Hayakawa grasped the blind man 
By the throat, and bade him answer 
If he were the guilty party. 

*' Yes, I come from Morri's Castle," 
Said the blind man, '' I confess it ;" 
Thinking death would be his portion. 
*' You may go !" said Hayakawa, 
" When a blind man kills ten heroes, 
He deserves both life and fortune." 

All the band save Hayakawa, 

In their pain drew out their weapons. 

And committed harakiri ; 

But our hero, in his madness. 

Sprang into the ocean billows. 

From the castle by the seaside. 



SONGS OF THE KINGDOM. lO/ 



Here the king of ocean met him, 
Called in Japanese Ryu-o ; 
And he said, " You are a hero ; 
Come with me unto my palace 
At the bottom of the ocean ; 
You will make a worthy subject." 

Three years after, near to Kobe, 

When some fishermen were dragging 

A huge net, you may imagine 

Their surprise upon beholding 

In its folds a human being, 

In which life was not extinguished. 

Slowly waking, as from slumber, 
Yawning, stretching out his muscles, 
Opening his eyes, the stranger 
Said that he was Hayakawa ; 
And he asked about his master 
Yamanaka, and his fortune. 

Some assert that Hayakawa 
Lived among the fishing people 
For three years, and then invented 
This strange story of his absence. 
One thing certain, he assisted 
Once again chief Yamanaka. 



I08 THl^ SPIRIT OF JAPAN. 

KANO, THE LIGHTNING ARTIST. 

There was a famous artist 
Named Kano ; and his school 

Was founded in Mikado's land; 
He painted not by rule. 

His great, great, great grandfather 
Once painted in a night 

A forest full of cedars. 
It was a wondrous sight. 

When Kano was a baby. 
And cried, as babies will. 

They gave him ink and paper, 
And Kano soon was still. 

The powerful Masamune, 
Who had abundant means. 

Engaged this noted artist 

To paint for him three screens. 

The artist took a horseshoe, 
And on one screen made dabs, 

Then added legs, et cetera. 
And lo ! the daubs were crabs. 

He took a little poodle. 

And dipped its paws in pink, 

And on the next made footprints, 
Ere one had time to think ; 



SONGS OF TH^ KINGDOM. IO9 

Then, adding stem and branches, 

A tree, the hardy plum, 
Forth from the poHshed surface. 

Like magic seemed to come. 

A pullet came in handy 

For work upon a third ; 
Its red feet, made still redder, 

Made m.arks not like a bird ; 

But leaves of scarlet maple 

Were falling in a stream ; 
He finished in a jiffy 

A lovely autumn scene. 

So now you know of Kano, 

And of the Kano school ; 
He had his way of painting; 

But Kano was no fool. 

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THE MAGIC FANS. 

There was a man in old Japan, 

Who, once upon a time, 
A god of wood adored, which stood 

Within a wayside shrine. 

The image spurned the incense burned, 

And poorer grew each day 
The man. Some jeered, but still he feared 

To throw his god away. 



no THJi: SPIRIT OF JAPAN. 

He went one day, in his dismay, 

To ask the reason why 
The more he prayed, his god delayed 

To Hsten to his cry. 

He asked for gold, and wealth untold; 

He prayed his god to bless, 
And give him health, as well as wealth. 

That he might eat and dress. 

From out the door, there stepped before 

The worshiper a man 
With beard like snow, and eyes that glow, 

In either hand a fan. 

" Fve heard your cry," he said, " and I 

Am come to answer you." 
He placed the fans in the man's hands. 

And told him what to do. 

" This fan of red," the vision said, 
*' Will make men's noses grow ; 

While this of white, if used aright. 
Will bring their noses low." 

" When fanned with white, they will grow 
slight. 

And even disappear; 
But fanned with red, they'll grow instead 

To be a sight to fear." ■ 



SONGS OF the: kingdom. Ill 

Our hero said his thanks, and sped 

To seek the busy street ; 
And then he fanned, on every hand, 

The rich he chanced to meet. 

Some in the throng that passed along, 

Grew noses Uke a beam ; 
Some grew so small, that none at all 

Were able to be seen. 

The wealthy vexed, and sore perplexed 

At what had come to pass, 
Abhorred the sight, yet day and night 

They sought the looking-glass. 

The man with fans matured his plans. 

And rented him a place, 
Where for a hoard could be restored 

The beauty of the face. 

The patients soon, in darkened room, 

By magic words he spoke. 
And use of fans, in his skilled hands, 

Found that the spell was broke. 

Our hero rolled in wealth untold, 

And dressed in raiment fine. 
And feasted till he had his fill 

Of viands rare, and wine. 



112 thj: spirit of japan. 



" SAYONARA." 

" Sayonara," since it must be, 
But the word is hard to say; 
" Sayonara," since it must be, 
We will hope to meet some day 
Where the people never say, 
" Sayonara." 




Sayonara. 



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CONTENTS OF PART FOURTH, 

ADDRESSES, LETTERS, ETC 

Nature's Teaching About God 115 

Conclusion, by Rev. Joseph K. Inazawa 126 

An Appreciation, by Hon. K. Uyeno 129 

His Imperial Japanese Majesty's Consul, San Fran- 
cisco, Cal. 

A Tribute to Dr. Sturge, by Rev. M. C. Harris, D.D 131 

Superintendent of Japanese Methodist Mission on 
Pacific Coast, 

A Letter. From Rev. A. J. Brown, D.D 133 

Secretary of Presbj^terian F. M. B., New York. 

A Plea. To Dr. and Mrs. Sturge 135 

In the name of the Japanese, by Mrs. M. C. Harris. 

A Colleague's Appreciation, by Rev. L M. Condit, D.D 136 

Missionary of the Presbyterian Board to the Chinese 
in California. 

Personal Estimate of the Author, by Rev. F. Matsunaga 138 

Pastor, Nihonbashi Church, Tokio. Japan. 




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SPECIMEN ADDRESS 



By E. A. STURGE, 



NATURE'S TEACHINGS ABOUT GOD, 

OR 

THOUGHTS FROM THE GRAND CANYON OF 
THE YELLOWSTONE. 

The Yellowstone National Park is a region where 
beauty, grandeur, awfulness and ugliness have strangely 
congregated. The marvelous coloring of the Grand Can- 
yon is matchless, and is suggestive of some gigantic paint 
shop where the various shades have been tested. 

Just where the river seeks to hide 
Itself by plunging o'er the falls, 

Is where the great Creator tried 
His colors on the canyon walls. 

The colors of the sunset skies, 

The tints that form the arching bow, 

Are there in all their choicest dyes. 
Such as no artist's work can show. 



Il6 THE SPIRIT OF JAPAN. 

Like strip of jade with streaks of foam, 
The river winds far, far below 

'Mid diflfs of bufif called Yellowstone. 
The water comes from melting snow 

That decks the peaks. Some spires arise 
From out the canyon, red and tall, 

Like fingers, pointing to the skies. 
To God, the Maker of it all. 

By the side of the writer stood a Buddhist, who, gazing 
upon this enrapturing scene, exclaimed, " God made no 
mistake when He made this I" The writer then referred 
to the two revelations which have been given us in nature 
and the Bible. The gentleman was thoughtful for a mo- 
ment, and then replied : " I guess they both lead the same 
w^ay." As both are from the same source, they must, if 
rightly understood, lead in the same direction, and to a 
truer knowledge of God. Next to the Bible, Nature must 
be our greatest teacher of theology. " The heavens de- 
clare the glory of God ; and the firmament showeth His 
handiwork. Day unto day uttereth speech, and night 
unto night showeth knowledge. There is no speech nor 
language where their voice is not heard." The voice of 
nature everywhere is loud in the praises of the Creator. 

God sweetly speaks to those wdio pore 

O'er nature's open book; 
His voice is heard in waves that roar, 

And in the laughing brook. 



ADDRESSES, LETTERS, ETC. II7 

In song of birds, and song of spheres, 

His accents may be heard ; 
He speaks to those possessing ears. 

Both through His works and word. 

From nature we may learn much of Him who is the 
author of it all; but this study should assist us in our 
knowledge of God rather than usurp the place of the fuller 
revelation given in the written Word. One may stand be- 
fore a great picture, and be impressed with the boldness 
of the outline, the delicacy of the coloring, the naturalness 
of the production, and from it may learn something of the 
character of the artist, of his patience, his skill, his his- 
torical knowledge. One may even enter into the very 
thoughts of the Master, who put something of Himself 
into His production. Though much light may thus be 
thrown upon his character, no one can ever fully know the 
nature of the man from the contemplation of his works. 

We may stand in wonder before the handiwork of the 
Great Artist, who piled up the mountain ranges, and 
scooped out the valleys, and clothed the hills with beauty ; 
and in such contemplation can hardly fail to learn some- 
thing of the Creator ; and yet without the Bible to throw 
light upon what we see, we would probably arrive at false 
conclusions. The Japanese may be called nature wor- 
shipers. This has made them the most artistic people in 
the world; but at the same time, it has led them (as it 
did the Greeks) to give to every mountain, valley and 
waterfall its guardian deity. Fujiyama is more than a 



Il8 THJ; SPIRIT OF JAPAN. 

mountain to the people in the Mikado's realm. As they 
gaze upon its snowy crest, they have thoughts too deep 
for utterance. 

One would naturally think that the regular movements 
of the heavenly bodies, the perfect harmony in the work- 
ing of all natural laws, would lead to the belief in an over- 
ruling Providence; and such would probably be the re- 
sult, were it not that men, possessing no written revela- 
tion, are usually led to worship the creature rather than 
the Creator. It seems quite natural that primitive peoples, 
unacquainted with science, should think of the earth as 
flat, and the various forces at war with one another. 

The sun and moon would seem at times to work in har- 
mony in causing the highest tides ; on other occasions they 
would appear to be working at cross purposes, and pull- 
ing in opposite directions. There would appear to be a 
conflict between light and darkness, winter and spring, 
calm and storm, health and disease. They would see in 
these things discord, rather than harmony ; and would be 
led to regard each force as a god ; some helpful to them, 
and others injurious ; some to be worshiped, and others 
to be propitiated. The simple children of nature, who 
once inhabited every portion of North America, saw God 
in everything; in the sun and the stars, in the ocean and 
in the storm, but in some unaccountable way they were 
led through nature to worship the deity as the one Great 
Spirit. The aborigines of California, though among the 
lowest of their race, had some beautiful thoughts of God 
as they gazed upon His handiwork. 



addrl:sse;s, letters, etc. 119 

The Indians thought — it seems not strange — 
Mount Shasta the Great Spirit's throne ; 

The giant of Sierra's range, 

Which stands in grandeur quite alone. 

In purple and in ermine dressed, 

And ruby tinted in the glow 
Of sunsets, does the Spirit rest 

Upon its pure eternal snow? 

Yes, on the everlasting hills. 

And in the valleys, everywhere. 
His presence all creation fills. 

And wraps us like the limpid air. 

If the heavens declared the glory of God to the psalmist, 
how much more loudly should they speak to us (with our 
fuller knowledge of the extent of the universe) of the 
power and glory of the Creator. The moon circling 
around the earth ; the earth traveling around the sun ; 
the sun in company with countless others, swinging 
around some unknown center, which must be far vaster 
in magnitude than anything of which we have knowledge, 
perhaps the very throne of the Infinite. Who can con- 
template such things without experiencing an overwhelm- 
ing sense of the omnipotence and omnipresence of Jeho- 
vah ? 

When we look upward through our telescopes, to the 
most distant suns, we find them obeying the Creator's 
laws ; and when we glance downward through our micro- 
scopes into a drop of water, rounded in obedience to the 



120 the: spirit of japan. 

same laws that rounded the planets, we find this tiny globe 
teeming with infinitesimal life, for which the Almighty 
has provided a habitat and sustenance. Verily, the entire 
universe is athrill with God. 

We must surely conclude from our study of nature, 
that God is very beautiful in character. Beauty must be 
in the artist's soul before it can be transferred to the can- 
vas. He who filled the universe with loveliness must be 
more beautiful than anything that He has made. The 
highest beauty is always coupled with strength. This is 
true of nature, architecture and character. There is a 
delicate beauty in the flower, but it is joined with weak- 
ness and frailty, and soon passes away. The beauty of the 
human form and face, like that of the blossom, soon fades ; 
but the beauty of character is more enduring than the 
mountains, and will exist when what are called the ever- 
lasting hills shall have crumbled to dust. 

As we gaze upon such scenes as Yosemite, or the Grand 
Canyon of the Yellowstone, we are compelled to cry out 
with the psalmist, " Strength and beauty are in His 
sanctuary." 

Judging from what we see about us, we are forced to 
the conclusion that in the character of Him who designed 
and executed it all, there is the highest degree of strength 
and beauty, without any accompanying weakness. What 
has nature to say in regard to the patience of God? A 
considerable portion of the Yellowstone Park presents a 
picture of awfulness and ugliness, rather than grandeur 
and beauty. There is an immense geyser, with its whirl- 



ADDRESSIi:S, IvlCTTltRS, KTC. 121 

ing lake of mud, that seems like the very mouth of hell. 
There are fissures, out of which the steam comes hissing 
with deafening roar. There are hot springs which have 
been depositing minerals, layer upon layer, millenium after 
miilenium, until they have formed hills which might prop- 
erly be called mountains. Ther-e is no better place for the 
student to observe God's methods of working. There the 
Creator is still busy, putting the finishing touches to the 
world. It would be unjust to judge Jehovah by His un- 
finished works. Out of all this seeming desolation may 
finally come the greatest loveliness. 

In the Yellowstone Park there are regions, I ween, 

Quite as dreary as any that mortals may know ; 
There are odors of sulphur, and hisses of steam ; 

There are geysers that spout from the regions below ; 
There are basins called paint pots of sulphurous clay, 

Having various colors, which constantly spit 
Like volcanoes ; these, boiling by night and by da\'. 

Slowly build up their craters ; but, like to the pit. 
Or Inferno of Dante this region appears 

At the present. This place where the colors are made 
May in time, after lapses of thousands of years, 

Be possessed of the beauty which now is displayed 
By the wonderful Yellowstone Canyon so gay. 

Which was once such a factory, where shades divine 
Were prepared ; but the Yellowstone River made way 

By degrees through formations of sulphur and lime ; 
And so cutting the paint pots, the colors ran down 

The steep sides of the canyon in wonderful dyes, — 
Mighty splashes and streaks of red, yellow and brown, 

In some place like rainbows, dropped down from the 
skies. 



122 THE SPIRIT OF JAPAN. 

Those who regard the creation days as periods of 
twenty- four hours, instead of milHons of years, lose the 
valuable lesson which nature should teach us of the won- 
derful patience of God, Who is still slowly working, mak- 
ing a better and ever better world. It is a mystery how 
any one can study nature, and fail to be impressed by the 
wisdom of the Creator, How marvelous are the natural 
laws by which He governs the universe! Not one of 
these could be modified in the slightest degree without 
being followed by disaster. How wonderful is that law 
by which the earth is made fruitful. The atmosphere at 
a given temperature absorbing a certain amount of moist- 
ure, and precipitating the same in refreshing showers 
when the temperature is slightly reduced; the continued 
process of purifying the air by means of vegetation ; the 
ocean currents, which bring to the northern shores of 
Europe and America the warm waters of the tropics ; the 
piling up of the loftiest mountains, like the Andes and 
the Himalayas in tropical regions, in order that their man- 
tles of snow may continually counteract, to some extent, 
the perpendicular rays of the torrid sun ; the alternation 
of day and night; the position of oceans and deserts; — 
everything subserving some useful purpose in the econ- 
omy of Jehovah. Time will not permit even the mention- 
ing of those natural phenomena which everywhere display 
the wisdom of the Creator. 

vSomething of the gentleness of God may be learned 
from His method of doing things. The millions of tons 



ADDRESSES, LETTERS, ETC. 1 23 

of water required for the productiveness of the earth are 
carried thousands of miles, and distributed without any 
fuss or noise, and so gently as not to injure a petal of the 
smallest flower. The planets go speeding on their way 
so silently that no natural ear is keen enough to detect the 
song of the universe. The goodness and love of God are 
shown in His providing for the wants of all His creatures, 
giving not only those things necessary to sustain exist- 
ence, but ministering to the delight of every sense and 
filling every life with joy. Even in the struggle for ex- 
istence. His goodness may be seen, as in this way He lifts 
His creatures to a higher condition of life. 

Though we may learn so much of God through His 
works, we never could have perfectly understood His 
nature without the coming to earth of Jesus, to show us 
the Father. 

We will see presently that Jesus was in character all 
that nature teaches us that God must be. 

The visible mantle of God we see 

In the dome of the sky and the sweep of the sea, 

And the clover pied field,, where the lark and the bee 

Make music the livelong day ; 
But the image of God which is clouded and dim 
In humanity, glows to perfection in Him 
Who shows us the Father, and saves us from sin, 

And teaches the heavenly way. 

We visit the home of a gentleman whom we have never 
seen. We are shown into the parlor or library, and while 



124 THE SPIRIT OF JAPAN. 

waiting for the owner of the mansion to appear, we look 
around and infer his opulence, or the reverse by the fur- 
nishings of the apartment ; his taste in art by the pictures 
on the walls ; his knowledge by the books on the shelves. 

By glancing 'round a person's home. 

Much may be learned of him who dwells 
Within its walls ; for every tome 

Upon the shelves a story tells 
Of education. Pictures hung 

Upon the walls at least infer 
His taste in art ; each thing, though dumb. 

Has power to speak of character. 
But in this way we never know 

The owner; and, indeed, surprise 
Will be our portion, when below 

He comes, and looks us in the eyes, 
And grasps us kindly by the hand. 

And friendly words between us flow ; 
'Tis then the man we understand ; 

Before we guessed, but did not know. 

The universe is our Father's house. This world is but 
one of its rooms. By looking around us, we may learn 
much of Him who made and governs all ; but we never 
could have fully understood what God is, had He not 
come down to earth in the person of the Christ, and dwelt 
with men, and spoken with them face to face. 

Though nature can never take the place of the Bible, 
much benefit will accrue from studying the two revela- 
tions together. If Christ is really divine, we must find 






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in His character all those attributes (beauty, wisdom, 
patience, gentleness, etc.) which nature clearly tells us 
belong to God. When we speak of the beauty of Christ, 
we refer, of course, to His character. His features must 
have possessed wondrous beauty, for such joy, and peace, 
and wisdom and love as were His could not fail in mak- 
ing their impression upon His countenance. The great- 
est artists have been unable to give to the portraits of our 
Master all the beauty that we know must have been there. 
True it is, that His physical beauty was marred for our 
sake, but in character He was faultless, and altogether 
lovely, the chiefest among ten thousand times ten thou- 
sand. 

As to His wisdom, even His enemies testified that 
'* Never man spake like this man." His patience was 
manifested in His bearing with the frailties of His follow- 
ers, and in teaching them to forgive, not seven times only, 
but seventy times seven. In His quiet method of doing 
things, and in His gentleness, He fulfilled the prophecy 
which said : *' He shall not strive nor cry ; neither shall 
any man hear His voice in the streets. A bruised reed 
shall He not break and the smoking flax shall He not 
quench." Thus, we find exemplified in the character of 
Jesus all that nature teaches us the Father must be; and 
in the handiwork of Him, who, with the Son and Holy 
Spirit, created all things, we have another powerful wit- 
ness to the divinity of our Lord and Saviour. 



126 THE SPIRIT OF JAPAN. 

CONCLUSION. 

No other nation on the globe is so much incHned to be 
hero worshipers, and ideaUsts as the Japanese. They of- 
ten deify pre-eminent persons in their history. 

They are, therefore, keen critics and good judges upon 
the subject. The Japanese who are acquainted with our 
doctor regard him as an ideal Christian gentleman who 
exemplified the mind of Christ symmetrically and con- 
sistently. 

He may not be a man with a meteoric career, or great 
popularity, but one of modest, self-denial and eminent 
piety, as an old adage says, "A most excellent person for- 
gets his own renown." 

The subject of this sketch is a great lover of the beau- 
tiful, friend of nature, sympathizer of humanity, and a 
deep student of the Divine Word. 

The following lines of mine were doubtless inspired by 
the real character of our subject. 

CHRISTLIKK MOTIVES. 

Who should be the greater hero? 
He who captures cities by the sword, 
Or he who subdues his own heart, 
And lives not for self but for others? 
Such is of heioes the mightiest, 
For does not the gentle Master say, 
" The meek shall inherit the earth " ? 
My motto here would be — 
** King over self." 



ADDRESSES, LETTERS, ETC. I27 

The king is a public servant ; so said a savant. 
He serves for the nation's welfare. 
He who humbled Himself to man's estate, 
Who came not to be ministered unto, 
But to aid humanity in all its woes, : 

.; Him alone! the noblest, greatest, best, 

Born to the humblest, yet He the most di me. 
My motto here would be — 
" Servant for men." 

To shine in the light of God, 
As the sunflower turns to the sun. 
As the needle obeys the Power supreme ; 
Be wise like the serpent, 
And harmless as the dove ; 
Those are the sweetest in heaven above, 
Such as Israel loved of God. 
Pray, ''Not my will, but Thine." 
My motto shall be — 
" Child of God." 

Among his friends our doctor is held in the highest 
esteem. The Japanese people regard him as a Christlike 
leader, and to his students he is an ideal teacher and 
object of great devotion. All of our young people who 
have come in contact with our Doctor and Mrs. Sturge 
have learned to love and revere them as an ideal father 
and mother. Their love for us is such that they would 
be glad-of the opportunity of guiding many hundreds more 
of our young men, who are far from home, into the fold 
of Christ. 



128 THIv SPIRIT OF JAPAN. 

Doctor's ideal of education is to place good and noble 
examples before his students in order that they may de- 
velop into strong Christian characters. 

Though his noble work may now seem somewhat ob- 
scure, the results show a great ingathering of souls for 
the kingdom of our Master. 

More than three hundred young people from the Sun- 
rise Kingdom during the years that are past, have united 
with our Japanese Presbyterian Church through the teach- 
ing and influence of our kind missionaries (I mean our 
Doctor and Mr^. Sturge). 

Many of these Christians have returned to their home- 
land beyond the sea, where they are now engaged in 
working for our glorious Master and the welfare of our 
beloved country. 

For fifteen unbroken years, our beloved doctor has been 
my esteemed guardian, admirable teacher, confidential 
friend and elder brother in Christian fellowship. My ad- 
miration. and affection toward our Doctor and Mrs. Sturge 
has truly increased with the passing years. Though I 
may not be a good representative, yet I am one of the best 
witnesses of their faithful efforts and untiring labor in 
the name of the Divine Master, and for the sake of hu- 
manity. They have given us beautiful pictures of their 
happy home life and set before us many Christlike exam- 
ples during these years. It is a very great honor and 
pleasure to us to be authorized by the committee to pub- 
lish some selected poems and addresses of our beloved 




Rev. H. C. Minton, D.D., L.L.D. Rev. A. J. Brown, D.D. Hon. K. Uyeno. 
Rev. M. C. Harris, D.D. Hon. K. Tosawa. Rev. I. M. Condit, D.D. 



addre:sse:s, letters, etc. 129 

leader, together with kind expressions of distinguished 
friends on this fifteenth anniversary of their missionary 
life among our Japanese people on the Pacific Coast. 

Joseph K. Inazawa. 
August II, ipoj. 

* * -55 

AN APPRECIATION. 



Perhaps the most interesting and venerable name among 
foreigners connected with the development of Japan and 
her recent initiation into the comity of world powers is 
that of Commodore Perry. The story of his arrival in 
Japan and the consequent friendly relations which have 
grown up between his country and the nation, whose hos- 
pitality he sought, is instructive as well as beautiful. Due 
to the strong efforts of this great American, Japan, then 
a hermit land of the far East, was compelled to open up 
commercial and diplomatic intercourse with the western 
nations. Our country has made wonderful progress, both 
intellectually and materially, during the last two score 
and ten years ; and for this we owe much to the friendly 
aid and co-operation of the people of the United States. 
It is right, therefore, that we should always respect and 
cherish the name of this great benefactor to our country 
— Commodore Perry. 

But we should remember, at the same time, that there 
were, and are now, many other Perrys, who have given 



130 the: spirit of japan. 

their sincere council and who have rendered valuable as- 
sistance in effecting the progress of our people, both at 
home and abroad. Since the opening of friendly rela- 
tions with America, our people have been immigrating into 
this vast and wonderful country ; and we are to-day nearly 
twenty thousand strong. Many of our pioneers have en- 
countered great difficulties and perplexities. Some have 
left behind them only their graves to narrate the tale of 
their careers, and all have come with the feeling that they 
were among a " strange people and under strange stars." 
But as we often see beautiful flowers blooming here and 
there among the briers and dried thorns, so these people 
have found on this stranger soil many kind hearts and 
great souls, who have shown them consideration and 
sympathy. To them we are greatly indebted for our pros- 
perity on this coast and our friendship with the people 
here. Among these kindly Americans Dr. Sturge stands 
very prominent. 

Dr. Sturge has lived among the Japanese on this coast 
for nearly twenty years. His services as a Christian mis- 
sionary, as a friend, and as a reformer, have been inval- 
uable to our people. He has never sought any public 
honor or remuneration for his work. Both he and his 
wife have ever acted the part of true brother and sister to 
the Japanese, whom they have taken under their guidance 
and protection. The purity of their purpose and their un- 
selfishness have won for them the deep and lasting grati- 
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ADDRESSES, LETTERS, ETC. I3I 

In commemoration of this faithful work, and for the 
purpose of honoring their benefactors a small circle of 
Japanese have, therefore, collected the poems and verses 
composed by Dr. Sturge, with the intention of publishing 
them. They have asked me to add a few dedicatory 
words, stating the purpose of this book, which I most 
cheerfully do ; and it gives me pleasure to join most heart- 
ily both in my public and private capacity, with the entire 
Japanese community, in thanking Dr. and Mrs. Sturge for 
their long and patient labor among our people on this 

coast. 

KiSABURO Uyeno, 

His Imperial Japanese Majesty's Consul. 

San Francisco, Cal. 

■© •^ -Ss 

A TRIBUTE TO DR. STURGE. 

On the occasion of the fifteenth anniversary of the 
labors of my friend Dr. Sturge, I join the hosts of his 
friends in testifying my unfeigned appreciation of his 
character, and admiration for his self-denying service to 
the exiled youth of Japan in California. 

We have been colleagues and co-workers all these years, 
and during this time there has never been a shadow of 
doubt or misunderstanding. In all our relations he has 
shown himself to be a Christian man of single purpose, 
humble spirit, noble ideals and utterly free from all un- 



132 THE SPIRIT O? JAPAN. 

worthy feelings. He has rejoiced and sorrowed with me, 
and, in the truest sense, proved himself to be a friend 
without partiality and without fault. 

I wish to bear testimony to his meritorious labors. He 
has rendered service to hundreds of ambitious, hard- 
working students, a service given as a free-will offering 
— expecting nothing, and content with the sense of duty 
done. His humility of soul is well-known to all his 
pupils, for he would blush to find himself known to fame. 
Dr. Sturge is a man of attainments, learned in medicine 
and religious and general literature, with a keen apprecia- 
tion of the higher values of culture and character. His 
personality, rounded and symmetrical, is invested with a 
rare charm, which inspires love and admiration in all, be- 
cause none can know him and not be attracted irresistibly 
to him. 

It is the painful lot of the Japanese to meet many 
Americans who are by no means ideal gentlemen, and it 
is, therefore, gratifying that in the person of our beloved 
friend, the sons of Japan may see an American Christian 
gentleman, — true to his country and calling — and at the 
same time large enough in heart and mind to love and 
appreciate all men, according to their worth and unstint- 
edly give his life for their well being. 

In this tribute I would include Mrs. Sturge, who has 
been one with her husband in rendering this beautiful 
service in Christ's name. In her, hundreds of pupils have 
seen the ideal wife and perfect woman, and have felt the 



ADDRESSES, LETTERS, ETC. 1 33 

sympathetic touch of her hand in their trials and struggles 

to realize their aims in life. 

For the good work they have done for Japan, our 

thanks ascend to heaven, and we join with all who know 

them in asking that life and strength may be given them 

for many future years of fruitful effort in behalf of the 

youth of the Sunrise Land. 

M. C. Harris. 
December 16, igo2, 

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LETTER FROM REV. A. J. BROWN, D.D. 

•* 

New York, October 31, 1902. 

Rev. J. K. Inazaiva, 121 Haight St., 

San Francisco, California, — 
My Dear Mr. Inazawa : I am very glad to learn from 
your letter of the 19th inst. that the friends of Dr. and 
Mrs. E. A. Sturge are to celebrate the fifteenth anniver- 
sary of their missionary life on the Pacific Coast, and the 
Board of Foreign Missions in New York wishes to ex- 
tend its very hearty congratulations to Dr. and Mrs. 
Sturge on that auspicious occasion. We hold them in 
high regard as earnest, devoted servants of Christ who 
have proved themselves signally useful in the Master's 
service. It is a joy to us to know that so many of the 
Japanese who are in our country come under the influ- 
ence of such missionaries, and we are sure that the re- 
sults will endure. 



134 I^H^ SPIRIT OF JAPAN. 

Unfortunately, our biographical data regarding Dr. and 
Mrs. Sturge are not as full as we could desire, for they 
are as modest as they are faithful. Dr. Sturge received 
his professional training as a physician in the University 
of Pennsylvania, taking his diploma in 1880. His conse- 
cration to Christ led him to offer himself to our Board 
for Foreign Missionary service, June 28, 1880. The 
Board gladly commissioned him and assigned him to the 
Siam Mission. August ist of that year, he sailed for that 
distant land, followed by the loving prayers of the Board 
and of many relatives and friends. 

Their missionary life in Siam lasted only half a decade, 
but when I was in that country only a few months ago, 
I found that many very lovingly remembered to this day 
the consistent life and Christian influence of Dr. and Mrs. 
Sturge. Ill health compelled them to return to America 
in 1885, but they were too valuable workers to be lost, and 
so, in 1886, the Board had pleasure in appointing them to 
the charge of the mission work among the Japanese in 
California. Their labors for Christ and for their fellow- 
men since that time are well known. 

I vividly remember the evidences I found during my 

visit in San Francisco of the large place which Dr. and 

Mrs. Sturge occupy in the hearts of the Japanese, and we 

earnestly and affectionately pray that in coming years the 

blessing of God may rest in even more abundant measure 

upon them. 

Cordially yours, 

Arthur J. Brown. 



ADDRESSES, LETTERS, ETC. 1 35 

A PLEA. 

(To Dr. and Mrs. Sturge, in the name of the Japanese.) 

Wind-blown bells of far pagodas 

Lure you to an alien land, 
Where the skies have longer summer 

Than this fiercer northern strand ; 
Land of youthful love and labor, 

Where you made our King " a way," 
Glad forerunners with your brothers, 

Of the Christ's incoming day. 

Fairer fields of home await you. 

Toil for comrades of your race ; 
Yet we pray you bide and bless us. 

Be our own a little space. 
Soon the perfect years of heaven. 

With their endless treasure store. 
And the light beyond the shadows, 

Shall be yours forever more. 

'Neath the white brows of our mountains, 

Where the white waves whisper "Come", 
And where nightingales are singing 

To the fragrant-flowering plum, — 
Aye, from all our sunward islands. 

From these shores you love so well, 
Happy hearts shall breathe a blessing. 

Grateful lips your name shall tell. 
Bide, then, by the sunset waters 

Till immortal dawns arise, 
And the King shall bid you welcome 

To the glory of His skies. 

— F. B. H. (Mrs. M. C. Harris.) 



136 THE SPIRIT OF JAPAN. 

A COLLEAGUE'S APPRECIATION. 

RE:v. I. M. CONDIT^ D.D. 

It affords me much pleasure to give my little tribute 
of high esteem to Dr. and Mrs. E. A. Sturge, and the 
noble work among the Japanese, in which they are en- 
gaged. I have known them intimately for more than 
ten years. During all this time we have worked side by 
side, — Dr. Sturge in the Japanese, and I in the Chinese 
mission. There has never been a jar between us, and I 
do not see how one could arise when I think of his loving, 
gentle spirit. I find it a source of joy to look back over 
these years, and think of the pleasant relations which have 
ever existed between us, and the mutual help we have 
delighted to give each other in our respective departments 
of work. 

In addition to my personal feelings of high esteem, I 
take great pleasure in speaking of Dr. Sturge's faithful- 
ness and efficiency in his mission work. He has ever had 
the good of others at heart, and is entirely devoted to the 
welfare of the Japanese people. His first love was for 
the Siamese, to whom he gave the earlier years of his mis- 
sionary life. But his second love and marriage to the 
Japanese, is one which comes with maturer experience 
and riper devotion to the dear Master's cause. Modest 
and unassuming in his nature, he is not the one to herald 



ADDRESSES, LETTERS, ETC. 1 37 

his own labors, and yet what he is doing in the sphere of 
his own mission among the Japanese for their welfare, is 
worthy of any man's life. 

No one could be more faithful to duty, or wisely in ear- 
nest in its performance, than is Dr. Sturge. I have tried 
sometimes to persuade him that he should ease down a 
little in some of the more difficult parts of his work ; but 
I do not think, judging by results, that my advice has had 
much weight. He is ever seeking to devise and carry 
out fresh plans by which he may reach more of the peo- 
ple, and make his work more fruitful in results. 

Dr. Sturge has much to encourage him. Success is the 
standard by which life is usually measured, and his work 
is marked by a successful record. The increasing num- 
ber of Japanese who are coming has enlarged his field, 
and sfiven him more material on which to bestow his 
labors. He is continually permitted to gather in fruit. 
The readiness of the Japanese to embrace Christianity has 
been an inspiration, and fruitful source of good results. 
Never, I believe, has a communion season passed without 
some witnessing for Christ; and often large numbers at 
a time have made their profession of faith. 

It makes me glad to see how much the good doctor, and 
the wife who so faithfully labors at his side, are appre- 
ciated by the Japanese. They know their worth, and find 
delight at all times, and now especially on this anniver- 
sary occasion, in giving expression to their high regard 
for them. 



138 THE SPIRIT OF JAPAN. 

The earnest prayer of both Mrs. Condit and myself is, 
that their bow may long abide in strength, and that our 
Japanese friends may have Dr. and Mrs. Sturge to labor 
among them for many good years to come. 

•^ -^ •© 
PERSONAL ESTIMATE OF DR. STURGE. 

BY REV. FUMIO MATSUNAGA, TOKIO, JAPAN. 
(Translation.) 

The savant of Concord, in praising the sage of Port- 
land, once said, " He possessed a spirit of beauty." Now, 
to Dr. Sturge, saint of Golden Gate Bay, and spiritual 
knight of the twentieth century, a true friend of the peo- 
ple of the Cherry Blossom Kingdom, I will oflfer the same 
praise which Emerson tendered to Longfellow, as a 
wreath of heavenly honor. 

Dr. Sturge (as reflected in my eyes) is, indeed, a model 
Christian gentleman, possessing much beauty of char- 
acter, with a spirit of sincerity, modesty of action, life of 
simplicity, and above all, staunch faith. To many a Japan- 
ese young man, a stranger in a foreign land, forlorn, and 
suffering with loneliness, struggling with dreadful temp- 
tations, hard work and unceasing study, in the city of the 
seven hills, he has been as a good father, kind teacher, and 
true friend in order to encourage, comfort, advise and 
educate them. 



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ADDRESSES, I.ETTERS, ETC. 1 39 

His good nature and beautiful character, fair opinion, 
cordial and sincere friendship, chivalric spirit, sacrificial 
deeds, have caused admiration and reverence in the minds 
of our Japanese young men. 

He spares nothing for the exaltation of Christ and the 
elevation and welfare of our Japanese people. 

This self-denial and magnanimity reminds us that 
though an American gentleman he resembles a Japanese 
knight of the medieval age. 

Being a citizen of America, where sometimes utilitarian 
power and the force of the almighty dollar prevails, yet 
he often has told us of his admiration for that majestic 
Mount Fuji, capped with everlasting snow, and said of 
that sovereign peak which pierces the blue sky of the far 
East, " Is it not representative and characteristic of the 
sublime esthetic spirit of your Japanese people?" 

Amongst the decorative articles which particularly at- 
tracted our attention in his reception room, where he al- 
ways cordially welcomes our Japanese people, is a Japan- 
ese sword, symbolical of the spirit of Yamato Knighthood, 
by which we can readily perceive the personal taste of the 
host. 

I once presented him a copy of '' Biishido" (Knight- 
hood) or '' Soul of Japan," by Dr. Inazo Nitobe, Japan. 
In return, he wrote me a letter and mentioned that''' the 
spirit of Japanese Knighthood in many respects corre- 
sponded to that of the apostle Paul. 



140 the: spirit of japan. 

If Christianity really conforms to the spirit of Japanese 
Knighthood, doubtless Christianity in Japan might equal 
or excel that of the Occident in the Spirit of Christ. 

The doctor has a profound interest in our country and 
people, and is a true friend of the Japanese nation. 

He is more a man of deeds than of words. He is an 
illustrative preacher of pure Gospel truth, with a simple, 
clear and elegant expression. He appears more like a 
poet than a philosopher. Though not a professional, he 
really has poetry innate in his being, and his poetical ex- 
pressions are full of sublime and spiritual savor. 

He is truly a minister, but not one who has obtained 
ordination by an ecclesiastical order. He is not a Japan- 
ese Knight, though possessed with the spirit of a Knight. 

When he was moved by his unbounded and unfathom- 
able love of Christ he laid aside his medical profession 
for the welfare of our people, and by bearing the cross he 
unfolds the truths of Christ through his sincerity and 
sympathy. Whenever we think of his constant loyalty 
we always receive inspiration from above. 




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